Sacramento State will welcome guest speaker Vincent Tinto, professor of education from Syracuse University, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 to present his keynote address focusing on retention challenges. “Creating Conditions for Student Success: Moving from Theory to Institutional Practice” will be presented in the University Union Ballroom.
Tinto’s keynote address will be followed by “Conversations with Tinto,” a discussion session to enable faculty and staff to ask critical questions related to retention. The session will be held in the Hinde Auditorium from 3 to 3:45 p.m.
Tinto has written on the issue of student retention, learning communities and student success. He is most widely cited for his seminal work on student retention entitled, Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition.
Tinto currently serves as the chair of the Higher Education Program at Syracuse University and is a senior scholar for the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.
For more information on the event, contact the Freshman Programs Office at 278-2804.
About the writer:
Sacramento State’s Carolyn Filomeo can be reached at 278-6156
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