The College Completion Glass-Half-Full or Half-Empty?: Exploring the Value of Postsecondary Education - Paperback

by Tiffany Beth Mfume (Author)

This book presents a new paradigm for higher education, one that focuses on "the value added" of postsecondary education as well as on student success beyond the traditional measure of college graduation rates, a model which merges conventional practices and supports for students with non-traditional partnerships with successful non-completers.

Author Biography

Dr. Tiffany Beth Mfume is the Assistant Vice President for Student Success and Retention at Morgan State University where her leadership has helped to promote ten point increases in both retention and graduation rates. The Assistant Vice President for Student Success and Retention manages new student and parent orientation, placement testing, Starfish Retention Solutions' Early Alert and Connect systems, academic advisement, financial literacy, alumni mentoring, and academic recovery among other programs and services. Dr. Mfume is author of the nationally recognized book, What Works at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Nine Strategies for Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates, published in 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield.