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Support efforts boost persistence despite pandemic, hurricanes
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
student affairs today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7552
pISSN - 1098-5166
DOI - 10.1002/say.30920
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , pandemic , covid-19 , community college , spring (device) , political science , engineering , medicine , medical education , geotechnical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mechanical engineering
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.