Retention and Success in Higher Education
The University of Tennessee at Martin will host the “Skyhawk Retention Summit” on May 22-23, 2024 on the UTM campus. The Summit will offer the opportunity to continue conversations between colleagues across different institutions in the region who are engaged in the same broad task: increasing the persistence and success of the students we enroll.
Registration and Travel
The fee for the Summit is $50 for UT employees and $100 for external guests.
Hampton Inn conference rate: $128 plus tax; if you call, please tell them you are with the Skyhawk Retention Summit.
Schedule
All of the Retention Summit events will take place in the Boling University Center.
Wednesday, May 22
12:00-1:30 - Welcome lunch (UC Ballroom)
1:45-2:30 -
Session 1: Are our institutions set up to support adult learners? Is our institutional support for adult learners strategic and systematic or random?
Session 2: What do we mean when we talk about student success?
2:45-3:30 -
Session 3: How do we create alternative pathways to retain students who need to change programs?
Session 4: How can we help students on academic and scholarship probation get back on track?
3:30 - Break
4:00-4:45 - Session 5: How do high-impact learning activities assist in retention and how can we get more students to engage in them?
Session 6: What approaches to onboarding transfers make the greatest impact on their persistence to graduation?
5:00 - Reception and dinner (UC Ballroom)
Thursday, May 23
8:30 - Continental Breakfast (UC Welcome Center)
9:15-10:00 - Session 7: More than 120 hours earned, no degree, and dead-ended in a major—what next?
Session 8: What role does advising play in student persistence and success?
10:15-11:00 - Session 9: Re-recruiting our stop outs: what do they need to help them return, and how do we support them once they’re back?
Session 10: What role do extracurricular experiences play in improving student retention?
11:15 - Wrap up