Latino Students and the Pathways to College, October 11-12, 2007, Washington, DC. The Educational Policy Institute and the University of Maryland are partnering to offer a six-part National Educational Policy Summit on Capitol Hill in DC. The first summit will focus on the barriers and challenges facing Latino students.

Retention 101 USA (Fall), October 4-6, 2007, Virginia Beach, VA

RETENTION 2007 International Conference on Student Success, May 22-24, 2007, San Antonio, TX

Retaining Students at Proprietary Institutions, May 6, 2007, Vancouver, BC. Special event in partnership with the British Columbia Career College Association

Retention 101 CANADA, April 19-21, 2007, Lake Louise, Alberta

Retention 101 USA (Spring), March 18-20, 2007, NAPA Valley, CA

Strategic Enrollment Management Workshop , March 8-9, 2007, Norfolk, Virginia.

An Introduction to Student Retention (A FREE Introductory Webinar), February 7, 2007

An Introduction to Strategic Enrollment Management (A FREE Introductory Webinar), January 17, 2007, 2:00pm EST. Click here for the powerpoint. If you are interested in learning more about Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM), check out our two-day workshop on SEM in Norfolk, VA, March 8-9.

Retention2006 Conference –
The International Student Retention Conference
May 21-23, 2006, The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Educational Policy Institute and studentretention.org hosted Retention2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The focus of Retention2006 was to provide a venue for sharing information about practices and strategies to improve the retention and persistence rates of students at postsecondary institutions. Click here to view the conference proceedings.

Quality 2006 Conference
April 7th and 8th, 2006

EPI and the Department of Economics at McMaster jointly hosted a conference on quality assessment in post-secondary education.

The conference - Innovations in Quality Measurement in Post-Secondary Education: beyond Inputs and Outputs – was held in Hamilton, on April 7th and 8th, 2006.

Click here for further information.

SPRING ’06 RETENTION RETREAT
March 19-21, 2006

2.5 day workshop was held in Tucson, Arizona. The material covered was retention issues, intervention planning, implementation, and monitoring.

Click here for Retention Retreat Materials.

Click here for Retreat Exit Survey.

Retaining Students in Higher Education: A Framework for Improvement
June 15-17, 2005, Vail, Colorado

This sold out event was co-sponsored with Academic Impressions and held in beautiful Vail, Colorado. The 2006 Retention Retreats will offer participants a similar experience.

The National Latino Summit
May 3-5, 2005, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

The Educational Policy Institute also co-sponsored the 1st Annual National Latino Summit in Las Vegas. The EPI Report, “Latino Students and the Educational Pipeline” was released during this event.