This interactive program will examine steps colleges can take to increase retention before students enroll. We'll also offer intervention strategies for helping students after the course has begun. Other topics include:

Panelists

Joyce Bishop holds a PhD and license in Psychology. She has degrees in Biology, Health Science, and Clinical Psychology and has taught adults for more than twenty years, including Student Success, Human Growth and Development, and Psychobiology courses. She has received a number of honors, such as, 1995 and 2000 Teacher of the Year, and for three years was voted "favorite teacher" by the student body and Honor Society at Golden West College where she is a tenured professor. She has developed workshops and trained faculty in online instruction, cooperative learning, active learning, multiple intelligences, workplace relevancy, learning styles, authentic assessment, team building, and learning communities. She is the co-author of numerous student success and study skills textbooks.

Carole Hayes has worked in adult and continuing education for the past 23 years at Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College, and as the Associate Director of the Florida Public Postsecondary Distance Learning Institute. She returned to Florida State University and has been working in the Office for Distributed and Distance Learning since August 1998 as Coordinator of External Affairs and Development. She designed and oversaw implementation of Student Support Services and the Mentor Recruitment and Training program for serving students and faculty in the online degree completion programs in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Studies, and Interdisciplinary Social Science. She established partnerships with 18 Florida public community colleges to provide support to students statewide and beyond. Her educational background includes a BA in Psychology, a Master's in Social Work, and she will graduate with a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Program Evaluation, December 2001.

Vicky Seehusen is Associate Vice President for Distance Education for the Community Colleges of Colorado. She manages the consortial program called CCCOnline and has been with the program since its inception in 1997. Previously she worked for Red Rocks Community College, Colorado as the director of computer services and an adjunct faculty member. Prior to this, she was a manager and trainer in private industry. Vicky has written numerous articles and book chapters about governing consortial distance education programs and administering instructional and student services in cooperation with colleges that are separated by geography and mission.