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Outstanding Student Retention And Graduation: The Peer Advisors And Mentors Program At The University Of Richmond, Hope N. Walton, Roger Mancastroppa
Outstanding Student Retention And Graduation: The Peer Advisors And Mentors Program At The University Of Richmond, Hope N. Walton, Roger Mancastroppa
University Staff Publications
Today’s colleges and universities continue to face the challenges of retaining and graduating their students. Historically, peer-mentoring programs have helped to successfully meet these challenges. The Peer Advisors and Mentors (PAM) program has assisted in the retention of students, all while giving students opportunities that develop and hone their leadership, academic, and personal skills. Over the course of 22 years, PAM has evolved into a program that touches on significant facets deemed important by experts on the matters of retention and graduation. Such factors include mentoring, advising, integration, and engagement. This article gives an historical perspective on how a peer-mentoring …
Does More Education Cause Higher Earnings?, Kevin F. Hallock
Does More Education Cause Higher Earnings?, Kevin F. Hallock
Economics Faculty Publications
College graduates earned roughly 67% more per hour than high school graduates in the US in 2010. Those with more education earn more because the world of work measures in some manner that they are simply more productive in dollars and cents terms. Some signaling theory advocates argue that if the return to education were due to learning, then the returns should be smoothly proportional to the time spent in school. However, researchers have detected a larger jump in earnings for those who complete the final year of college. Whether different schools return differently is an extension of the learning …