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""Designed to help higher learning institutions and educators increase retention and graduation rates among college students, Real Outreach: A Practical Guide to Retaining and Graduating College Students by Ezella McPherson, Ph.D. proposes a proven model to more deeply engage with young people and enhance academic outcomes. Supported by her lived experience as a collegiate student of color and her many years in academic advisory positions, this book offers actionable information on how best to help students succeed, beyond helping them pick classes and balance their schedules."" Self-Publishing Review- 4.5 stars ""Having dropped out of college two years ago, I related quite strongly to the message in Real Outreach by Ezella McPherson. The unique perspective offered, such as the challenges faced by first-generation college students and other minority groups, will go a long way toward opening the eyes of many policymakers and academicians."" Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review by Frank Mutuma  ""Real Outreach was carefully curated to understand the different tiers of student retention and success models...Ultimately, higher education professionals should assist their students in every way possible, but there are few guides like book that break down each role in academia and provide a capstone definition of how that can be implemented in everyday interactions."" -Melissa Tamayo

Higher education professionals should assist their students in every way possible, but there are few guides like this book that break down each role in academic and provide a capstone definition of how that can be implemented in everyday interactions...Today, as an administrator myself, I can utilize the tools I learned from this book and cultivate a safe space for students where they can voice their concerns and advocate for change in their distinct educational journeys -Melissa Tamayo

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Dr. Ezella McPherson is an African American woman first-generation college graduate and a college student retention expert. She has mentored, retained, and graduated hundreds of students by teaching them the art of resiliency. She has worked at multiple higher education institutions, where she has increased college student enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. She taught a course on retaining at-risk collegians at Eastern Michigan University. She has published and presented on college student persistence, retention, and graduation of African American women, minority students, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and her master's and doctorate degrees in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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