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Why
They Stay
A campus culture that
ensures success and
retention is built one caring
person at a time.
by Larry C. Christenson
A
lmost everyone is familiar with the
scenario of an opening convocation for
first-year students when the president
pauses dramatically to say, “Look to
your left, look to your right; one of you will not
be here at graduation.” Though this may be an
oversimplification, there may still be some truth
to the idea that one out of three students may drop
out of college.
In 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education
published an analysis of changes in the sixyear graduation rates at nearly 1,400 American
colleges, revealing that, though the graduation
rate rose somewhat between 2003 and 2008, it
declined, in some cases steeply, at 35 percent of
the colleges within the data set. Commenting on
this analysis, David Glenn concluded that “despite
all the attention thrown at graduation rates during
the last 15 years, many colleges’ numbers remain
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - March/April 2013
Talking Stick - March/April 2013
Table of Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Facilities
Regroup
Calendar
A Fair Division of Space
Why They Stay
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
New Members
Snapshot
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Intro
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Talking Stick - March/April 2013
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Cover2
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 1
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 2
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Table of Contents
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 5
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Vision
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 7
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Just In
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 9
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 10
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 11
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 12
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 14
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Transitions
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 16
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 17
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Res Life
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 19
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 20
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 23
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Regroup
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 25
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - 26
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Calendar
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - A Fair Division of Space
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Why They Stay
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - First Takes
Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - New Members
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Talking Stick - March/April 2013 - Snapshot
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