Promising and Practical Strategies to Increase Postsecondary Success RSS

In January 2012, the Secretary of Education invited submissions about promising and practical strategies, practices, programs, and activities that have improved rates of postsecondary success, transfer, and graduation. In September 2012, the Department of Education (ED) invited a second round of submissions, which added to this growing compendium of knowledge about promising practices. On this page, you can find the submissions from institutions and organizations that responded to both of these invitations. ED hopes that this information will be of interest to others in situations similar to those described in these submissions.

As noted in the Request for Information, ED will continue to review and post additional responses on a regular basis. Please refer back to this page for announcements of future submission deadlines. See the Federal Register notice for information on how to submit.

Organization Name Tags
Emporia State University Civic Engagement: A First-Year Experience Course Connecting Quantitative Reasoning for Undeclared Students (MS Word, 57KB) Retention, STEM
Flathead Valley Community College Flathead Valley Community College-Montana's Department of Labor and Industry Collaboration for Student Employment Information (MS Word, 70KB) Job Placement, Data Collection or Use
Florida State College at Jacksonville SIRIUS Academics (MS Word, 33KB) Online Teaching and Learning, Digital Materials, Cost Saving
Florida State University Practical Steps to Improving Retention and Graduation Rates (MS Word, 1.4MB) Retention, Advising, Data Collection or Use
Forsyth Technical Community College Mandatory New Student Orientation (MS Word, 61KB) Student Services, Retention, Orientation, Mentoring, Digital Materials
Georgia College Pre-Nursing Residential Learning Community (MS Word, 61KB) Learning Communities, Retention, Career Pathways
Georgia Gwinnett College Strategies for Success (MS Word, 111KB) Mentoring, Retention, Data Collection or Use
Georgia State University Retention and Graduation Program for Underrepresented Students (MS Word, 53KB) Underrepresented Students, Retention, Mentoring, Improving Achievement, Degree Attainment, Data Collection or Use, Achievement Gap Closure
Governors State University The Dual Degree Program (MS Word, 66KB) Affordability, Degree Attainment, Dual Degrees, Persistence, Retention, Time to Degree, Transfer and Articulation, Tuition Reduction, Underrepresented Students
Howard Community College Silas Craft Collegians Program (MS Word, 39KB) Learning Communities, Improving Achievement, Retention, Degree Attainment, Mentoring
Howard Community College Step UP (MS Word, 34KB) Retention, Mentoring
Illinois Education Foundation IEF Scholars Program (MS Word, 233KB) Transfer and Articulation, Student Services
Indiana University Kokomo Student Success Tuition Discount Program (MS Word, 33KB) Retention, Degree Attainment, Cost Saving
Irvine Valley College Enhancing Secondary and Postsecondary Articulation for Success in Assessment and Course Completion (MS Word, 57KB) Developmental or Remedial Education, Degree Attainment, Course Articulation, Cost Saving, Basic Skills
Kaplan University The Kaplan Commitment (PDF, 300KB) Adult Education, Competency-Based Learning, Degree Attainment, Non-Traditional Age Students, Prior Learning Assessment, Retention, Skill Assessments, Time to Degree
Kaplan University Prior Learning Assessment  (PDF, 389KB) Data Collection or Use, Tuition Reduction, Retention, Prior Learning Assessment, Non-Traditional Age Students, Degree Attainment, Competency-Based Learning, Adult Education
Kentucky State University Green 2 Gold Work Program (MS Word, 90KB) Retention, Degree Attainment, Cost Saving
LaGuardia Community College Green Jobs Training Program (MS Word, 41KB) Retention, Modular Curriculum, Job Placement, Contextualized Learning, Certificate Attainment, Affordability, Adult Education, Accelerated Learning
League/1199SEIU League Training and Upgrading Fund Health Careers College Core Curriculum (MS Word, 381KB) Career Pathways, Employer Partnership, Learning Communities, Non-Traditional Age Students, Time to Degree, Transfer and Articulation, Underrepresented Students, Cohort Classes
Lynn University "The Dialogues of Learning" Curriculum (MS Word, 41KB) Curriculum

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