Tiffany Beth Mfume

What Works at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Nine Strategies for Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates

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Produktbeschreibung

What Works at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Nine Strategies for Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates will have broad appeal within the field of education and beyond. While the primary audience for this book is the faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni, and campus community of the current 105 HBCUs in the United States, this book is written to appeal to all professionals in the field of higher education, guidance counselors and administrators in P-12 education, sociologists and social scientists, and scholars who study change management, outcomes assessment, and success in any organized structure or system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781475818963
• ISBN-10: 1475818963
• Artikelnr.: 43207589

Autorenporträt

By Tiffany Beth Mfume

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: HBCUs: Legacy and Historical Context
HBCUs: Historical Context Morgan State University: A Brief History Morgan's
Office of Student Success and Retention Who is This Book For? What is This
Book About? Chapter 1: Leadership: You Are Only As Good As Your College
President The College Presidency in America: A Profile HBCU Presidents: The
Best of the "Old Guard" HBCU Presidents: The Best of the "New School"
Morgan State University: A Tale of Two Presidents "Old Guard" vs. "New
School" Navigating Changes in Senior Leadership New Leadership = New
Opportunities The Future of the HBCU Presidency Chapter 1: Questions & Next
Steps References Chapter 2: Branding: Understanding What Makes Your
University Great & Putting it Out There Branding by Mass Media What is Your
Brand? Development of a Brand Perception: The HBCU Renaissance To Be an
HBCU, or Not To Be an HBCU - That Is the Question Let Data Inform the Brand
Re-branding New Student Orientation Brand Cohesion: Alignment with
Strategic Goals of the Institution "Putting it Out There": Communicating
the Brand "We Are the Bears!" Chapter 2: Questions & Next Steps References
Chapter 3: Data Mining: Who are your students and what do they need? Who
are the students at Morgan State University? Trust the Data, Don't
"Second-Guess" the Data Where's the Data? What is the Collegiate Learning
Assessment (CLA)? What Data Comes from Accuplacer? Use Data to Answer
Questions Data and Strategic Retention Goals Data Driven Decision Making So
What Do Your Students Need? Write the Data Narrative for Your Own
Institution Chapter 3: Questions & Next Steps References Chapter 4:
Frontloading: Freshmen, First Impressions, and Foundations Foundations
Frontloading Summer Orientation - Begin at the Beginning HBCU Orientation:
A Cultural Transition Model Goals & Objectives of Summer Orientation
Measuring Success: Student Orientation Outcomes Benchmark Study CASA
Academy - A Model Program The Quest for StrengthsQuest Six Weeks of "Math
Boot Camp" Foundations of Excellence® in the First College Year First-Year
Advising Tutoring and Collaborations Don't Forget the Parents College GPS:
the Freshman Orientation Course What Follows the First Year The Final
Impression of First Impressions Chapter 4: Questions & Next Steps
References Chapter 5: Case Management: Systematic Tracking and Monitoring
of Students by Cohort Predictive Analytics Why Cohorts? Predicting Success
at Morgan Navigating the Bill Payment Process The Origins of Case
Management at Morgan To Drop or not to Drop - That is the Question
Education on "HOLD" Tracking & Monitoring Transparent Record Keeping
"Fishing" for Students Case Management: A Proven Strategy A Winning
Combination Chapter 5: Questions & Next Steps References Chapter 6:
Strategic Initiatives: Programs Designed Specifically to "Move the Data"
Embrace the System Common Academic Support Programs Are They Working? The
Genesis of Strategic Programming at MSU A Bright Idea is Born The
Reclamation Initiative The Results Are In... A Model Program One Step Away
An Exit Strategy Degree Auditing Software Other Strategic Initiatives The
Genesis of a Philosophy Moving the Data Becoming and Remaining Strategic
Chapter 6: Questions & Next Steps References Chapter 7: Leveraging External
Resources: Getting the Most Out of Grants Grants Are Worth Much More than
Money Public Grants: Funding That's A Strong Foundation AmeriCorps*VISTA: A
Non-Traditional Grant for an HBCU A Game-Changer: The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation IPAS Grant Lumina Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) The
Kresge Foundation Southern Education Foundation (SEF) USA Funds Institute
for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) Promote Student Success with Grants
Chapter 7: Questions & Next Steps References Chapter 8: Technology: Tools
and Systems Help Us Work Smarter Not Harder The Foundation: A Student
Information System (SIS) A Smooth Switch to Google IPAS: A New Acronym IPAS
Benefits and Outcomes Transition and Buy-In Change Management A
User-Friendly Tool The Results Are In.... Manual Degree Auditing Why Degree
Auditing Software? Google Apps Starfish Retention Solutions Degree
Works(TM) by Ellucian Blackboard Oracle Campus Labs SmarThinking Civitas
Learning(TM) Hobsons GradesFirst Chapter 8: Questions & Next Steps
References Chapter 9: Networking: Documenting and Sharing Your Successes
and Failures Being the Only HBCU to Attend... No Need to "Reinvent the
Wheel" Getting the "Real Deal" from Colleagues Why Attend Conferences? The
White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Annual Regional HBCU Summit on Retention National Association of Student
Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) National Orientation,
Transition, and Retention Association (NODA) Ruffalo Noel Levitz American
Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Association of
Public and Land¿Grant Universities (APLU) The College Board Complete
College America The Education Policy Institute (EPI) NACADA: The Global
Community for Academic Advising (NACADA) Chapter 9: Questions & Next Steps
References Chapter 10: The HBCU Success Recipe HBCUs and the College
Completion Agenda Should HBCUs Just Admit "Better" Students? Blaming the
Students Overcoming the Impact of Students' Financial Hardships Georgia
State University: the "Success Recipe" at Work What Will Work: the Future
of Retention, Persistence & Completion at HBCUs Chapter 10: Questions &
Next Steps References