Orientation and Mentoring Affects Retention

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Orientation and Mentoring Affects Retention | Origin: RT103

Sulma Rivas

Mentoring students from the start is very important so that they can succeed. Orientations should be planned out to inform students of everything. Having faculty and staff involved in Orientation should be a key to welcome and provide new students with mentors. I even like the idea of including senior students involved. Having an informal mentoring program in place is also a good idea to help retention- these could work for smaller school.

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RT101 - Improving Retention through Timely Intervention

RT102 - Orientation and First Week Activities to Increase Retention

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RT104 - Best Practices to Enhance Student Retention

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