Coaching as a Retention Strategy

Student Retention

Coaching as a Retention Strategy Many higher education leaders are familiar with Tinto’s theories on student departure and student integration and Astin’s theory of student involvement. Fewer are familiar with Seidman’s retention formula. Even fewer apply the primary...

Executive Management

Management Consulting

College Matters specializes in turnaround operations combining the best practices learned from years of successful higher education leadership with executive coaching to help you and your team succeed at increasing enrollment, retention, and financial results....

Student Retention

Strategic Management, Student Retention

Getting new students is an expensive proposition for most colleges—not keeping the students we admit is a costly mistake we simply cannot afford to make. It is often said that student retention is everyone’s job, but unless someone is made accountable for student...

Coaching Students

Student Retention

First-time college students often have a number of obstacles to overcome to be able to focus on their academics and stay in school. We have seen many schools redesign their student services programs over the years, moving from advising to counseling to mentoring and...

Enrollment slipping?

College Matters

Many colleges and universities are experiencing a decline in enrollment. Often, we look to external causes, shrug, and make spending cuts to compensate for the lost revenue without taking the time to analyze the problem with the specific intention of identifying any...