Dr. Laurie Behringer gave the keynote during lunch. A lot of what she said concurs with our findings on my own campus, but it was nice to hear from someone else as well.

Students often come in “blind” to student placements
Nationally, only 31% of developmental math students pass college level math
Students often don’t have college ready skills…they don’t understand how to keep up with syllabus or check email…they often don’t know they have an advisor
Students are often lost with one on one advisement
Learning communities are very important
Student comments: “I’m just here to get out of here” “I don’t have time to socialize”