Volume 4, Issue 1 (2021)
Editor's Note
John B. Craig, Ed.D.Increasingly, educators at all levels from academic and student affairs are scrambling to provide meaningful learning experiences, programming, and support for students both in and outside of the classroom. During the last several months, many college/university students have had to learn, engage with faculty, staff, and each other in a virtual setting. Many colleges/universities have had to make the pivot to online learning and faculty have had to learn new technology and make lessons interactive while ensuring student engagement. This is not an easy feat. Despite the challenges, students have been resilient, faculty and staff have been innovative, and administration has been flexible—because at the end of the proverbial day, student success is paramount. .
This issue of the Journal provides our readers with an eclectic array of research, reports on innovative programs and best practices related to student success. We trust this edition will be useful to practitioners, administrators, and policymakers alike. After all, student success is all our responsibility. .
Articles
Reflecting on Belonging: Stories to Normalize College Transition and Encourage
Engagement
Emily K. Suh and Sam Owens
SOS for Struggling College Students:
Improving Retention Through a Mentoring-Based
Comprehensive Academic Success Program
Ralph W. Jernigan, Orlando Lobaina, Dan Berkenkemper, and Melanie Hudson
It takes a Mob: Retention and Success through First Year Experience
Shannon Mrkich, Thomas Pantazes, and Lisa Marano
EOF Advantage: Examining the Effects of a Summer Bridge Program as Part of a
Comprehensive Strategy to Support First Generation Black Male Students
Rahjaun Gordon, David Hood, Pearl Stewart, and Duane Williams
Co-requisite Redesign Leads to Increased College Algebra Success and College Completion
Tina L. Ragsdale, Renea Akin, and Geelyn Warren
Toward a Trauma-Informed Campus: Reflections on Fostering Student
Success through San Juan College’s Trauma Literacy Project
Danielle Kubasko Sullivan and Rick Marlatt
Achieving Student Success through Alumni Re-activation:
A Virtual Interpersonal Engagement Approach
Kevin W. Dean and Michael B. Jendzurski
Anticipatory Socialization and Forms of Capital in Pre-Law Students’ Intent to
Pursue a Juris Doctorate
Zarrina Talan Azizova, Jeongeun Kim, and Jesse Perez Mendez
Francis Atuahene, Ph.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Chuck Baker, Ph.D.
Delaware County Community College
Marie Bunner, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Michael Burns, Ph.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth McCloud
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Ilknur Sancak-Marusa
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Calley Stevens Taylor, Ph.D.
Cedar Crest College
Ontario Wooden, Ph.D.
North Carolina Central University
Juanita Wooten, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Ann L. Colgan, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Brenda Sanders Dede, Ed.D.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Emerita
Tiffany Jones, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Jocelyn Manigo, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Katherine Norris, Ed.D.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Melvin Jenkins, Ed.D.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania