ACE to Lead Webinars on Improving Student Retention, Addressing Staff Burnout
January 06, 2023

ACE will kick off 2023 with two webinars on critical challenges facing campuses: improving student retention and addressing faculty and staff burnout. 

The Improving Student Retention Through Faculty Development webinar will explore how faculty development can support student engagement and retention. In the Faculty and Staff Burnout: What To Do About It, Part Two webinar, a panel of experts will discuss key questions regarding burnout and strategies to address burnout. There is still time to sign up for both complimentary webinars.

Developed in collaboration with the Association of College and University Educators, the Improving Student Retention webinar will examine the relationship between faculty development and student retention. The webinar, which will be held January 13 at 2:00 p.m. ET, will detail best practices for incorporating strategies in faculty development programs to aid students with achieving completion.

Kim Lee, ACE's director of community engagement, will moderate the webinar. The webinar's panelists will include:

  • Derrick Anderson, senior vice president, learning and engagement, ACE
  • Penny MacCormack, chief academic officer, Association of College and University Educators
  • Michael Pullin, dean for academic initiatives, Queensborough Community College
  • Lori Werth, provost, University of Pikeville

After more than 500 participants attended the initial Faculty and Staff Burnout webinar, experts will do a deeper dive on the initial conversation on January 18 at 12:00 p.m. ET. The panel of experts will discuss key topics, such as what an equity-minded or equity-focused lens looks like when addressing burnout; how power and positionality play a role in targeting burnout; and strategies that can be used to help leaders identify burnout. Part one, which offered an introduction on ways to assess, cope, and mitigate burnout, can be viewed here.

Hollie M. Chessman, director of research and practice at ACE, will moderate the webinar. The webinar's panelists will include:

  • Zainab Okolo, strategy officer, Lumina Foundation
  • Margaret W. Sallee, associate professor of higher education, University at Buffalo
  • Rob Shomaker, senior vice president, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)

The webinars are free, but registration is required. Register for Improving Student Retention Through Faculty Development here and Faculty and Staff Burnout: What To Do About It here.

​Improving Student Retention Through Faculty Development

January 13, 2023
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. ET

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Faculty and Staff Burnout: What To Do About It, Part Two

January 18, 2023
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. ET

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