Career Ed Lounge is embedded in over eighty professional development portals serving the career and technical education community. Performance Groups in the Lounge are integrated with related learning opportunities offered on these portals. With a few exceptions, Performance Groups are also publicly available to any member of the Lounge to maximize peer-to-peer learning and performance outcomes.
I agree that retention is a challenge in higher education. Many students don't realize how difficult the material can be and aren't prepared. I have suggested that they do their general courses in a community college first and then ease into the more difficult courses in order to succeed.
Pamela Spence