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S5e6: How Can Research Lead To Student Success?, Ron Lisnet, John Volin, Issac Cardello
S5e6: How Can Research Lead To Student Success?, Ron Lisnet, John Volin, Issac Cardello
The Maine Question
Improving student retention and success is a key priority at the University of Maine and University of Maine System. To support this goal, the Harold Alfond Foundation earmarked $20 million of its transformative $240 million gift to the System for new efforts to keep students enrolled and support their academic growth.
One of these new initiatives involves getting students involved in discovery and knowledge creation early in their studies through new research learning experience (RLE) courses launched this year at UMaine and it’s regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. These tuition-free, one-credit courses offer a variety of experiential …