title: Increasing retention rates of disadvantaged students through a faculty development program.
abstract: Efforts to recruit disadvantaged students have been increasing over the past three decades. How to retain those students once they have been recruited remains a critical issue for faculty. The authors include a Faculty Development Model presently being implemented at an inner city community college to increase faculty's expertise in enhancing the skills and abilities of students from diverse backgrounds with an emphasis on the disadvantaged student.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing at Hampton University, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warfield
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards