Category: Retention

2011, Retention

Understanding Student Departure

By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International  I write today from Philadelphia, PA and the Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference, a conference I have attended for the past 15 years. This event brings together policy analysts and researchers from across the US (and Canada until the demise of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation) to talk about policy issues and data … Continue reading Understanding Student Departure

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2010, Retention, Student Success

Postsecondary Persistence and Graduating Rates: A Little Insanity Can Go a Long, Long Way

by Watson Scott Swail, CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International Last week was a big week for student retention and persistence aficionados. The Educational Policy Institute held its 2010 Retention 101 workshop in Dallas, Texas, complete with participants from across Canada and the United States. Coincidentally, the US Department of Education released two important data reports documenting graduation and persistence rates at institutions of higher education in … Continue reading Postsecondary Persistence and Graduating Rates: A Little Insanity Can Go a Long, Long Way

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2010, College Access, Retention

The Winning Attitude

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute I write today’s commentary from Chicago, Illinois, where we are in the final day of our International Conference on Student Success, or RETENTION 2010. Thus, no more emails for another six months about this event. You must be relieved (Retention 101 coming up, though!). More significant, perhaps, is that our host city is in the midst … Continue reading The Winning Attitude

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2009, Retention

Student Retention: Perspectives from Bogota

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Today I write from Bogota, Colombia, where I presented yesterday at the International Forum on Student Retention in Higher Education, a large conference sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Colombia. We will provide information on this conference as it becomes readily available on the web in the next few weeks. I was pleased to serve … Continue reading Student Retention: Perspectives from Bogota

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2009, Retention

Meet Liz, Vince, and Marvalene

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Last week the Educational Policy Institute hosted RETENTION 2009, the fourth annual International Conference on Student Retention. I know you know about it. If you subscribe to EPI, you couldn’t help but notice it. The conference was a qualified success—our initial reports were that the sessions were very good and the location—New Orleans and the Ritz … Continue reading Meet Liz, Vince, and Marvalene

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