By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International Next week is a big week for EPI, as we stage the Fourth Annual International Conference on Student Retention, or RETENTION 2009, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This sounds like a marketing lead to our conference, starting May 27th in New Orleans, Louisiana, with CNN Hero of the Year Liz McCartney and former Philadelphia … Continue reading Retention as a Budget Saver
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute PRAGUE, CZ — I write this morning from beautiful Prague, or Praha by local standards, one of my favorite cities in the world. By the time most of you get this in your mailbox this Friday morning, I will have delivered my plenary address at the European University Association’s Annual Convention. The theme of this year’s … Continue reading Facing Global Challenges… A European University Perspective
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International One of our Australian articles posted in this week’s Week in Review discusses a new merit-pay program introduced in New South Wales. Just yesterday, I sat next to Reg Weaver, the President of the 3.2 million member National Education Association (NEA) at our Retention 2008 conference in San Diego, and the two of … Continue reading School Reform and Money: Can the Former Work Without the Latter?
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Yesterday we wrapped up the North American tour, so to speak, of our Student Success Workshop series, which was a great success in cities across the US and Canada. It was my pleasure to complete our tour with our largest event at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. As expected, it was a spirited group, as … Continue reading I Faculty
By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Two weeks ago hundreds of us converged on San Antonio for Retention 2007, our second annual international conference on student retention. This year’s event doubled the attendance from 2006, and we’re anticipating a much larger crowd next May in San Diego. Beyond the collective sigh of relief from our staff that we can put “R7,” … Continue reading Outcomes from Retention 2007
The Swail Letter on Higher Education 