Online Course: Orientation and First Week Activities to Increase Retention

Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2005 -

MaxKnowledge and Career College Association today announced the availability of a new online training course for career college personnel.

Orientation and First Week Activities to Increase Retention is facilitated by MaxKnowledge faculty, Susan Backofen. Susan serves as the President of Integrated Enrollment Solutions, a consulting company devoted to increasing student retention rates in career colleges and universities.

"This online course provides practical ideas on designing an orientation program that connects the students with the faculty, the college and each other to help you retain and graduate more students," said Susan Backofen.

"Building a program to ensure a smooth hand off from admissions to faculty is a critical component of student retention. This course covers many aspects of an effective orientation program, including first-week-of-class activities and orientation for late enrollments," said Dr. Amir Moghadam, Executive Director of MaxKnowledge.

The online course is delivered in an asynchronous fashion and participants receive 0.4 Continuing Education Units upon successful completion of the training. The course is available on a continuous enrollment basis on the MaxKnowledge training portal: http://www.maxknowledge.com

About CCA

The Career College Association is a voluntary membership organization of private, postsecondary schools, institutes, colleges and universities that provide career-specific educational programs. CCA's 1,200 member institutions educate and support more than a million students each year for employment in over 200 occupational fields. For more information, visit: http://www.career.org

About MaxKnowledge, Inc.

In partnership with the Career College Association, MaxKnowledge offers a wide variety of online and blended performance improvement training programs to enhance the quality, efficiency and profitability of career colleges. Subject areas include: Admissions, Education (Faculty Training & Development), eLearning, Financial Aid, Marketing, Operations, Placement and Retention. MaxKnowledge training courses are facilitated by leading career education experts and participants receive Continuing Education Units upon completion of training. MaxKnowledge also offers a large selection of free courses in soft skills areas such as communications skills, management, leadership, creativity and innovation. For more information, visit: http://www.maxknowledge.com.

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