S1 - E66 - Expert Session - Dr. Drew Koch (John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education)

Dr. Drew Koch joins co-hosts Jared Tippets and Eric Kirby to share his knowledge, wisdom, and insights on how campuses can increase their retention and student success efforts!Dr. Andrew (Drew) Koch is a husband and father of 6, hiker (when both body and time permit), aging lacrosse player, educator, son of immigrants, and Chief Executive Officer at the Gardner Institute. His 30+ year career in higher education has been dedicated to expanding access and success in both public and private colleges and universities. He has been a PI or co-PI on more than four dozen grants focused on postsecondary education learning and success. His scholarship explores the role colleges and universities play in shaping culture and democracy in the United States with a particular emphasis on students of color, low-income, and first-generation students. His most recent book, co-written and compiled with John N. Gardner and Michael Rosenberg and published by Stylus in 2021, is The Transfer Experience: A Handbook for Creating a More Equitable and Successful Postsecondary System. He also co-authored Talking about Leaving Revisited: Persistence, Relocation, and Loss in Undergraduate STEM Education published by Springer in 2019. Dr. Koch is currently working on a single-author book that exposes and calls for transforming the gateway course experience. That book is scheduled to be published in 2024 by Routledge.

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