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On Demand: Reaching the Lonely Generation
How Colleges Can Reduce Student Loneliness and Improve Retention


A growing number of community college students leave their colleges not because they can’t handle the coursework but because they feel alone. As we start a new semester, how can you help students build relationships, find support, and stay enrolled?

EAB expert Tara Zirkel leads a discussion of the vital connection between belonging, mental health, and retention. 

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About The Webinar

A growing number of community college students leave their colleges not because they can’t handle the coursework but because they feel alone. How can you help students build relationships, find support, and stay enrolled?

EAB expert Tara Zirkel leads a discussion of the vital connection between belonging, mental health, and retention, including:

  • Research into how loneliness and low self-confidence impact persistence
  • Strategies to address isolation and stress
  • Frameworks for integrating mental health and belonging into advising and student success
  • How technology can scale your work to build connections with students
We hope you’ll join us to learn how to build meaningful connection into the community college experience.

 Speaker 

Tara Zirkel
Director of Strategic Research