Student Retention

Utah’s first program to integrate academic and residential life under one roof has tripled enrollment since it became a college in 2002.

Veterans or student service members face myriad issues when enrolling in college, experts told the Legislature's Select Committee on Veterans Affairs on Aug. 14.

Using data from every mouse click a student makes doing online course work, researchers from three University of Wisconsin institutions hope to identify students at risk of doing poorly and potentially dropping out of school.

An alumni survey conducted by the university in the fall of 2011, which covered a six-year period, showed that 65 percent of the respondents indicated they had accepted full-time employment upon graduation, according to Kathy Dean, the university’s spokeswoman.

Ross Bryant’s business card is telling of the kind of outreach he is championing for active military and veteran students attending UNLV this fall.

Developmental education courses have long been a barrier to success for students at Grand Rapids Community College, but administrators are hoping several new initiatives will help change that.

Starlight Trotter will begin her fifth year at Sacramento State in three weeks.

The number of college-age adults in Utah with a post-secondary degree rose by more than 5,000 from 2009 to 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Mikulski, Cardin announce funding initiative from National Science Foundation