Driving Student Loyalty and Engagement: How Student Affairs Can Influence Retention

​Enrollment at Nicolet College has done something shocking since the start of the pandemic: it’s gone up.

The two-percent increase is particularly impressive in light of the nationwide trend; two-year public colleges have seen enrollment deflate by 14%. 

There are many theories as to why Nicolet—which is Wisconsin’s smallest public technical college—has managed to fare so well. But Erika Warning-Meyer, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Affairs, believes individual student support is an essential part of the equation.

“I think by having the individual relationships we did with students and the ability to intervene and be upfront in the pandemic—reach out to them, support them, offer all of the resources that we received to support these students—helped us keep our retention,” she said during the 24th episode of Illumination podcast by Modern Campus. 

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