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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>National Dialog on Student Retention Webinar Series : skip downing</title><link>http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/blogs/webinar-series/archive/tags/skip+downing/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: skip downing</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Webinar Featuring Dr. Skip Downing - Empowering Students: A Key to Retention Success</title><link>http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/blogs/webinar-series/archive/2009/11/20/webinar-featuring-dr-skip-downing-empowering-students-a-key-to-retention-success.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">f444dfca-5a4f-479d-b4e1-1bd5d432b53b:449</guid><dc:creator>Leslie Kossar</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/blogs/webinar-series/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=449</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://sharing.educationdynamics.com/blogs/webinar-series/archive/2009/11/20/webinar-featuring-dr-skip-downing-empowering-students-a-key-to-retention-success.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Including Andrea Spratt &lt;span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;-moz-background-clip:border;-moz-background-origin:padding;-moz-background-inline-policy:continuous;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;and Mark McBride&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On November 19, 2009 Dr. Skip Downing, with Andrea Spratt and Mark McBride
presented a webinar entitled Empowering Students: A Key to Retention Success&amp;rdquo;.
Dr. Downing offered advice regarding his On Course approach to student success,
which empowers students to serve as active, accountable partners in achieving
greater academic success, ultimately boosting institutional retention rates.
Ms. Spratt and Mr. McBride provided their insights from strategies employed at
their institutions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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