Belonging Before Beginning: How Connection Builds Commitment & Start Rates

Student Belonging Before Beginning – How Connection Builds Commitment

Are you interested in best practices to build connection, community and sense of belonging for your newly accepted and committed students to help drive yield, conversion, and show rate?

The panelists will share their experiences and successful initiatives which have helped build students’ sense of belonging, including how Nearpeer helps FTF, Transfers, Non-traditional, and Online students "find their people" - students with similar life experiences, interests, and affinities.

Presenter(s):

Christopher Quinn Nearpeer

Wendi Clouse University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Richard MacLeod Athabasca University

Dr. Brandon Tuck Cal Poly Pomona