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title: UCR Increases First-Year & Transfer Student Retention | Whitepaper
description: Due to the University of California – Riverside's Campus Collective program, both freshman and transfer retention from Spring to Fall 21’ increased. Read more.
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#### [Case Study]

# University of California - Riverside Increases First-Year & Transfer Student Retention

Leveraging volunteer peer mentors and the technology from Mentor Collective, UCR designed a peer support program to build sense of belonging amid remote learning and complement the suite of student services already available

![UCR 2022 Case Study](https://www.mentorcollective.org/hubfs/3.%20Website%20Creative/Case%20Study%20Covers/UCR%202022%20Case%20Study.png)

We adopted this tool in response to the pandemic, but after seeing consistent lifts in retention we plan to continue offering this valuable resource to our students. Greater sense of belonging among undergraduates can lead not only to improved retention and graduation rates, but longer term it can help to further diversify the professoriate if more of our students begin to view universities as places where they would like to build their careers.”

 

##### **Dr. Ken Baerenklau, ****Associate Provost, University of California at Riverside**

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