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Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
student affairs today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7552
pISSN - 1098-5166
DOI - 10.1002/say.30477
Subject(s) - student affairs , institution , atmosphere (unit) , graduate students , psychology , management , political science , business , pedagogy , economics , higher education , law , geography , meteorology
Jerry Price, Ph.D., first became invested in student affairs as a graduate resident advisor. As dean of student affairs at Chapman University, Price has helped boost his institution's first‐to‐second‐year retention rate from 86 percent to a consistent retention rate in the low‐to‐mid‐90‐percent range. He shared strategies for increasing first‐year retention, as well as for facilitating an atmosphere of critical thinking when tackling tricky topics on campus.