Student Success

At the start of 2022, as I was doing a job search, many people kept asking me what I was most passionate about. I think we all know that we have more than one passion, but if we were forced to choose, we would do so. From a professional/career standpoint, I am most passionate about student success in college. In part, this is because I struggled a bit with student success for a couple years in college. I had excellent grades but I was unhappy until I discovered college outside classes. One quote I use to describe my love for student success is that “I have actively mastered what I passively suffered” (Savickes). I have studied student success for over 30 years through reading, writing, presenting, and practicing it.

The following are some of the articles and/or insights I have written on this topic:

  1. Improve Retention by Linking Scholarships to High Impact Practices
  2. >50 VARIABLES TO STUDY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS IMPACT
  3. A HIERARCHY OF NEEDS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
  4. MY “MILLION” DOLLAR IDEA (For STUDENT SUCCESS)
  5. MISSING DATA FROM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THAT CAN IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS
  6. THE “BILLION DOLLAR RESULT” FROM SEEING STUDENT SUCCESS IN A NEW WAY
  7. HELPING STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE BY LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE – PART 1
  8. HELPING STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE BY LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE – PART 2
  9. AN INSTITUTIONAL MATURITY MODEL FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
  10. LETTER TO FAMILIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
  11. WHY A FOCUS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE CAN BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS
  12. WHY NOT GOING TO COLLEGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL MIGHT BE A DECISION TO CONSIDER
  13. WHEN STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE ONLINE, HOW DO STUDENT AFFAIRS/ACADEMIC STAFF HAVE AN IMPACT?