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. 9 Needs for Student Persistence
  2. A Hierarchy of Needs for Student Success
  3. 4E Student Development Model
  4. My Big Idea for Student Success
  5. The “Billion Dollar Result” from Seeing Student Success in a New Way
  6. 100 Variables Often Not Used to Predict Student Persistence
  7. Missing Data that Will Improve Student Success Predictions
  8. What is Missing From Student Success Analytics? – PPT slides
  9. Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 1
  10. Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 2
  11. 60,000 College Graduates Reveal What Makes a Great College Experience
  12. An Institutional Maturity Model for Student Success
  13. Key Performance Indicators in Student Affairs
  14. The Research is Clear – Cut Down on Lecturing in Classes (and/or Giving Long Sermons in Churches)
  15. 10 Most Proven Methods for Real Learning: Myelin Applied
  16. Holistic Advising: Is Student Support Too Decentralized to Best Help Students Succeed?
  17. Top Performers on Social Mobility (US News)
  18. Ranking College Student Retention Software based on Predictive Analytics Ability
  19. Matrix of Student Success – A 2×2 w/ Social & Academic Engagement
  20. Improve Retention by Linking Scholarships to High Impact Practices
  21. The Penguin Promise – How to Ensure Students Get a Good Job After College
  22. One Method for Discovering Why Students Really Leave Your University
  23. Letter to Families Of College Students
  24. “Find Your Way” College Student Coaching  
  25. Why a Focus on Organizational Performance Can Be More Important than Relationships with Students
  26. Why Not Going to College Immediately After High School Might Be a Decision to Consider
  27. When Students and Faculty are Online, How DO Student Affairs/Academic Staff Have an Impact?