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By Josh Fischman, and part of The Chronicle (of Higher Education's) 2011 Special Report on Online Learning, published Nov 6 2011. Central Piedmont Community College developed an Online Student Portal learning system to improve retention among its students. They have had success with the system (in use 2004-2008). Now, with a Next Gen grant, they will roll the system out to 6 additional local schools to see if they can match the retention improvements. The system is based both on learning styles and on frequent intervention by students and counselors.

The Online Student Portal learning system is a wave 1 grantee.

By Preetha Ram on Innovating Education blog, September 15 2011. In this post, Ram posits the badge as a means of promoting retention in online courses, particularly free and open courses.

Ran participated in the NGLC Jam.

By Thomas B. Cavanagh in Educause Quarterly (EQ), vol 34 (4), 2011. Blended Learning Toolkit is an open-access resource that looks to improve student performance and retention.

Blended Learning Toolkit is a wave 1 grantee.

Announcement on Central Piedmont Community College site. May 11, 2011.

By Russ Little in Educause Qurarterly (EQ), vol 34 (4), 2011. Student Success Plan is case-management software used by Sinclair Community College to improve student retention and college completion rates. This paper describes the project, as well as plans to expand services beyond Sinclair.

Student Success Plan is a wave 1 grantee.

By Preetha Ram on the Innovating Education blog, Jan 25 2012. Ram looks at social capital in terms of persistence in education, but also considers social capital in terms of (education) badges.

Ram was a Jam participant and shared this post, along with one on badges for retention.