The administration recommended that the Board of Governors adopt a statute on undergraduate student retention. In 1989m President Adamany said there will be sweeping changes in the requirements for a large number of entering students--mandatory advising, diagnostic testing and in many cases requiring students to take developmental courses in preparation for entry into the regular University curriculum. The University has a very high rate of non-retention, and the new program will be a direct system of assuring the students of adequate academic preparation and will curtail the non-retention. The Board adopted the administration's recommendation. (Official Proceedings 33:4505, 29 September 1989)  View the BOG approved statute on retention.

In Fall, 2006, Howard Shapiro, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Programs and General Education, formulated a plan for improving retention, and presented this annual report to the Board of Governors.  The annual report outlined the strategic vision, which includes:

• what we teach
• how we teach
• enrichment
• student support 

He proposed a new, comprehensive approach to expand our efforts to reach more students, focusing on student academic development by focusing on early achievement of key competencies, utilizing Learning Communities, and enhancing/focusing our First Year Program.  

In January 2009, Dr. Shapiro presented his updates to the BOG.  View the updated report.