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Comprehensive student support efforts result in high enrollment, retention despite pandemic, hurricanes
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dean and provost
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7587
pISSN - 1527-6562
DOI - 10.1002/dap.30892
Subject(s) - community college , covid-19 , retention rate , pandemic , political science , medical education , aeronautics , psychology , engineering , business , medicine , marketing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , virology , outbreak
A global pandemic and two hurricanes in two weeks. That's enough disaster to daunt even the staunchest college officials. But the leadership team and staff at SOWELA Technical Community College met the challenges, building on a retention rate of 75.06% from spring to fall 2020, to achieve an 83.71% retention rate from fall 2020 to spring 2021, the highest of any community college in Louisiana.