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Survey of Academic Department Chairs, Role in Student Retention Efforts
ISBN: 9798885170994
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Primary Research Group
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Business/ Management; Education;

More colleges and universities are expanding the role of academic departments in retention efforts, and this survey looks at the reaction of department chair to these and related efforts. 122 department chair drawn from more than 100 colleges and universities provide data and commentary, enabling this report's end users to answer the following kinds of question: what role to department chair play in retention efforts? How closely do the work with college and university retention officials? What percentage and kinds of departments mount their own independent retention efforts? What percentage have departmental tutoring programs? What is the role of online tutoring in their efforts? How successful have they been? What role have adjunct faculty played? How well coordinated are retention efforts? And much more. Data in the report is broken out by departmental variables such as academic field, instructor size and number of years the department chair has served, as well as by institutional variables such as overall enrollment, tuition, public/private status and Carnegie class, among other variables. Just a few of this 85-page report's many findings are that:Departmental tutoring programs were significantly more common in the USA than in CanadaDepartment chair over age 70 were much likelier than their younger peers to have departmental tutoring program.Department chair in allied health programs (nursing/nutrition, occupational and physical therapy, etc.) were the most likely to enjoy a cooperative relationship with college retention officials.Chair in performing arts, journalism and sociology were more apt than others to feel that their adjuncts were not very well tuned into retention issues on campus.