You are the Director of Student Affairs at a large,

Please review the Course Project Overview (found under Week 1) before beginning this assignment.

You are the Director of Student Affairs at a large, urban, multicampus community college (more information on your college's mission, programs, and student population can be found in this document).

The Provost of your college is concerned about the institution's first-to-second-year retention rate. She has asked you to investigate. The result of your investigation will be a white paper proposing institutional interventions that will keep students from leaving after their first year. In order to prepare the white paper, you will need to research first-to-second-year retention and the structure and dynamics of student support at real institutions.

Based on the information that you have gathered, prepare a brief, research-based white paper that proposes at least two programs or services designed to increase the first-to-second-year retention rate at the institution described on the fact sheet.

For each service or program, include the following:

• A rationale explaining why it is likely to positively impact first-year student retention

• A brief analysis of potential costs (i.e., political, financial, etc.). It is not necessary to quantify potential costs; a narrative description of the type of cost required, such as salaries, development costs, or equipment, is perfectly acceptable.

(Assignment length: 3 pages)

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