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Award Recipients Transfer News The Indicators of Timely Completers Colleges and universities have invested in their retention strategies to improve students completion and the cost of education by helping them complete a degree in a timely manner. A committee of past award recipients review and select the winners.
22:00] – People are interested in retention but truly don’t understand their role regarding retention. [24:17] 24:17] – Retention is important, but there are pieces of data we can look at that can have a surprising impact on it. [26:06] It’s provoking action. [20:40]
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