A new research report on best practices in student retention and completion by EAB, “Promoting Timely Degree Completion: Reconciling Student Choice and the Four-Year Graduation Imperative,” cites the success of the University of Maine’s Winter Session, which launched in the 2015–16 academic year. UMaine’s three-week Winter Session last year offered 20 high-need, fundamental undergraduate courses read more National report on best practices in student retention and completion cites the success of Winter Session