The following is a list of frequently requested topics in the area of Student Persistence and Performance.

Campus-wide Student Retention Strategies

• Active learning
• Improvement of instruction
• Student success strategies across the curriculum
• Learning communities
• Early alert and referral systems

Essentials for Planning a Student Success Course

• Authoring a purpose statement
• Defining course outcomes
• Creating a syllabus and evaluation criteria
• Sequencing academic and personal management skills
• Starting with a bang! First day of class activities
• Establishing a research component

Transforming the Learning Environment

• Developing student self-responsibility
• Enhancing self-esteem
• Encouraging accountability, contribution, focused attention, risk taking
• Honoring the Diversity of Learners
• Styles of Teaching and Learning
• Promoting critical thinking and creative problem solving skills
• Engaging learning modalities

Methodologies to Engage Students as Active Learners

• Facilitating collaborative learning
• Critical writing: discovery and intention statements
• Journaling and critical reflection
• Classroom assessment techniques
• Defining and assessing outcomes