The 3-Tier GICE approach for Student Success and Empowerment

Session Description

Our presentation will focus on the 3-Tier GICE approach for student success and empowerment, which is designed to provide instructors with a strategy for guiding, inspiring, challenging and empowering their students. Too many students fall away during the first term of their online college experience. Many struggles they face can be conquered with instructor help. A successful first term experience can give way to a completed educational goal. As instructors, we play major roles in that success for many of our students!  Our presentation will focus on the 3-Tier GICE approach for student success and empowerment, which is designed to provide instructors with a strategy for guiding, inspiring, challenging and empowering their students.

Presenter(s)

Loretta Millam
Purdue University Global

Loretta “Laurie” Millam, MBA, EdS. joined Purdue University Global in 2002 and currently serves as Academic Department Chair in the School of Business and IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student success and learning strategies specifically for first term students.


Michelle Reinhardt
Purdue University Global

Michelle M. Reinhardt, M.A. joined Purdue University Global, formerly Kaplan University, as a full-time instructor in 2003 and currently serves as a course lead and faculty mentor in the school of Business & IT. Her research interests are in the areas of student motivation and engagement.


Cathleen Hochanadel
School of Business and Technology, Purdue University Global

Cathleen "Cathy" Hochanadel, PhD, serves as an Academic Department Chair in the School of Business & IT for Purdue University Global. Her research interests include student engagement and faculty coaching.

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