Encourage students who have benefited from such connections to share their success stories with their peers and potential students. Establish connection points for groups of students who may be overlooked. The more diverse the campus, the greater the opportunity. Students who don't feel connected often leave. Increase the quantity and availability of on-campus jobs for all students.
Financial concerns are the most significant reasons students leave.
The rising cost of college requires more students to work. Provide more opportunities to hire student employees throughout campus. Strive to make available more scholarship funds. Development officers can solicit past scholarship recipients to give and also involve them in helping raise other scholarship funds. More scholarships attract more students.