Evergreen Valley College Increases Retention of both Female and Male Automotive Students by over 25%

This website provides the results of a case study on Evergreen Valley College's (EVC) student retention strategies. In 2008, EVC joined the CalWomenTech Project to ensure women would be included and successful in EVC's Automotive Technology program. This resource includes background information about the Automotive Technology program, EVC's key retention strategies, retention results, recruitment strategies and results, and retention sustainability. Some of the key retention strategies implemented include changing the culture in introductory courses from "weeding out" students to a culture focused on "screening in" students and using a "modeling" teaching method in the classroom. After implementing these retention strategies, retention rates increased and the recruitment of women increased by 45-percent.