The Instructional Support Services and Retention Unit is pleased to introduce The Center for Academic Engagement.
As a collaborative effort between several different departments and overseen by Instructional Support Services and Retention, the mission of the Center for Academic Engagement (CAE) is to facilitate collaboration between academic and instructional support units and encourage faculty and staff to intervene on student retention issues in a timely manner.
This is an exciting, new and innovative approach to retention in higher education in that the CAE will employ active outreach techniques to engage academically at-risk students. These outreach efforts are designed to proactively connect students to services that can enhance their opportunities to be successful at Hudson Valley Community College.
Faculty are encouraged to use the newly-revamped Early Warning System to refer students to the CAE. Staff soon will be able to refer students, as well, through the Center’s Web site. The CAE also will be open to any student who wishes to walk-in and self-identify as needing services.
The Center will host “engage and go” mini-sessions for small groups on a wide variety of topics relating to retention issues. The 15-minute sessions will be both timely and informative, and are meant to complement the full-length instructional sessions offered by the Learning Centers. A full schedule of Fall “engage and go” sessions will be posted soon on the CAE Web site.
The Center for Academic Engagement will host an open house on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in its location in the Siek Campus Center, Suite 230. More information is available by phone at (518) 629-7550 or at www.hvcc.edu/cae.
Goal: To increase achievement and success of all HVCC students
The philosophy and practice of this retention initiative is to identify students, facilitate early academic engagement, offer appropriate services and create a solid connection to the College with one goal: student retention and persistence.
Published: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:45:30 +0000 by d.hubbard