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<span id="docs-internal-guid-996f8406-cfac-3a44-37c4-bf8bf2b0174e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mills College is a liberal arts and sciences college located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mills was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California. The school was relocated to Oakland, California, in 1871, and became the first women's college west of the Rockies. Currently, Mills is an undergraduate women's college with graduate programs for women and men. The college offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and minors and over 25 graduate degrees, certificates, and credentials. The college is also home to the Mills College School of Education and the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business & Public Policy.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mills sixth overall among colleges and universities in the Western U.S. (regional universities) and one of the top colleges and universities in the Western U.S. in "Great Schools, Great Prices," which evaluated the quality of institutions' academics against the cost of attendance. The Princeton Review ranks Mills as one of the Best 380 Colleges and one of the top "green" colleges in the U.S. Washington Monthly ranks Mills as one of the top 10 master's universities in the U.S.</span></span>

<span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technology at Mills</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-996f8406-cfac-3a44-37c4-bf8bf2b0174e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mils College is still developing their partnership with commercial entities as they want to align their values with their partnerships they seek.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-996f8406-cfac-3a44-37c4-bf8bf2b0174e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to combat the retention rate at Mills with regards students staying on campus, I would implement surveys and do some investigation into small private institution schools that have had the same problem. I would try to figure out how they combated this issue and use their findings to towards solving the retention rate problem here. With regards to the retention rate, I will be solely focusing on students remaining at mills on the weekend and the overall comfortability that students have in this institution. Although Mills has a larger problem with students re-enrolling into the school I believe that is out of my jurisdiction for now. I would first like to focus on students finding enjoyment on the campus before solving the issue of students returning. I am approaching retention in this manner with the hope that solving the first issue with put a spark in solving the second issue. &nbsp;Before approaching this issue I plan to continue doing research into what is already being implemented here and work alongside those that have noticed this issue and are devoted to finding a solution to this problem. After hearing the responses from the students and finding more research into the problem I would like the bring issue to the whole student in our student forum, which is our electronic daily newsletter. Having the whole school notified about this student and cause students who want to be involved in the innovation project to step forward. This will allow Mills students to find even more unity by solving this issue together which again might positively affect the retention rate. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span>

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