Please review the Course Project
Overview (found under Week 1) before beginning this assignment.
You are the Director of Student Affairs
at a large, urban, multicampus community college (more information on your
college’s mission, programs, and student population can be found in this
document).
The Provost of your college is
concerned about the institution’s first-to-second-year retention rate. She has
asked you to investigate. The result of your investigation will be a white
paper proposing institutional interventions that will keep students from
leaving after their first year. In order to prepare the white paper, you will
need to research first-to-second-year retention and the structure and dynamics
of student support at real institutions.
Based on the information that you have
gathered, prepare a brief, research-based white paper that proposes at least
two programs or services designed to increase the first-to-second-year
retention rate at the institution described on the fact sheet.
For each service or program, include
the following:
• A rationale explaining why it is
likely to positively impact first-year student retention
• A brief analysis of potential costs
(i.e., political, financial, etc.). It is not necessary to quantify potential
costs; a narrative description of the type of cost required, such as salaries,
development costs, or equipment, is perfectly acceptable.
(Assignment length: 3 pages)
(APA Format)
