Over the years, the Educational Opportunity Program at SUNY Oswego has required the incoming first year students to take a mandatory course entitled "EDU 101: Introduction to College Success" in their first fall semester at SUNY Oswego. In alignment with the CAS standards, the course was designed to "assist individuals in acquiring the necessary skills, knowledge and attributes to enter and complete a post-secondary education." Over the years we have been able to use the outcomes of student success in the course to help predict their success in their first year at SUNY Oswego.

The presentation will discuss the changes the course outline and methods have gone through over the last 5 years and feedback from students regarding their experience in the course. Additionally, we will review the data that will show the effective or ineffectiveness of the program as it is related to student retention and success and our ability to predict such outcomes.

Participants will be encouraged to share what is done at their institution to share effective and/or new best practices.