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Investing in and Encouraging Academic Leaders to Reduce DFW Rates to Improve Student Success

Investing in and Encouraging Academic Leaders to Reduce DFW Rates to Improve Student Success

Update: 2025-10-27
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In this episode, Dr. OiYan Poon—an author, speaker, and race and education scholar—talks with Dr. Jay Gatrell, the president of Eastern Illinois University, about how institutional leaders can organize campus efforts to reduce the rates of D and F grades, also known as DFW rates, as well as reduce the number of course withdrawals by engaging in actionable, institutional research and data. Dr. Poon and Dr. Gatrell especially focus on gateway courses in their talk.

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Investing in and Encouraging Academic Leaders to Reduce DFW Rates to Improve Student Success

Investing in and Encouraging Academic Leaders to Reduce DFW Rates to Improve Student Success