Category: Retention

2016, College Access, College Affordability, Financial Aid, Research/Policy, Retention, Student Success

Improving Minority Student Participation and Retention in Higher Education.

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Back in 2005, I was asked by the Colorado Department of Higher Education to conduct a workshop and provide a Q&A on improving minority participation in higher education. This was on the heels of my 2003 Jossey-Bass publication, Retaining Minority Students in Higher Education with friends and colleagues Laura Perna and Ken Redd. I came across … Continue reading Improving Minority Student Participation and Retention in Higher Education.

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2016, College Access, Retention, Student Success

Now That The SAT Has Been Revised… Let’s Revise How We Use The SAT

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Two days ago, more than a quarter million students around the country sat down for the inaugural debut of the newly revised SAT. The College Board had promised a new SAT to be more representative of their prior learning in school. Traditionally, the ACT is a test that is very reflective of school-based learning, … Continue reading Now That The SAT Has Been Revised… Let’s Revise How We Use The SAT

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2014, Research/Policy, Retention, Student Success

Education Week: New Conversations about College Access and Success

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Next week EPI will converge on San Antonio for our Education Week, a series of three events including our Retention 101 Workshop, the Retention 2014 Student Success Symposium, and the EPI Forum on Education & the Economy. We look forward to great conversations about important issues in student success. I thought I would take the … Continue reading Education Week: New Conversations about College Access and Success

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Politics, Research/Policy, Retention, ROI/College Outcomes

Facing Global Challenges: A European University Perspective

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute I was running through some aged writings online the other day and came across a presentation I made on March 20, 2009 at the invitation of the European University Association (EUA) in one of my fav cities, Prague.  I remember the convention being one of the most organized, academic-conferences I had been to, and I was invited to … Continue reading Facing Global Challenges: A European University Perspective

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2014, Research/Policy, Retention, ROI/College Outcomes, Student Success

Four Years Later: What Happens After College Graduation?

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute This morning I woke up to a New York Times article about an unemployed graduate of a for-profit institution. We’ve read many of these types of articles. Although they are mostly anecdotal, the sheer number of these articles, along with our unemployment data, assign more credibility to these writings. We know that … Continue reading Four Years Later: What Happens After College Graduation?

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