August 9, 2009

A Full-Time Focus on Retention in New Orleans

Photograph by Jackson Hill

Salvadore A. Liberto (left), vice president for enrollment management at Loyola U. New Orleans, chose the Rev. Jim Caime, of the campus-ministry staff, for the new position of student-retention coordinator.

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Photograph by Jackson Hill

Salvadore A. Liberto (left), vice president for enrollment management at Loyola U. New Orleans, chose the Rev. Jim Caime, of the campus-ministry staff, for the new position of student-retention coordinator.

By Beckie Supiano

The Rev. Jim Caime has spent a lot of time on college campuses. He earned four master's degrees and worked for six years on the ministry staff at Loyola University New Orleans. But he was still surprised recently when he heard a radio program that discussed the number of college students who do not stay enrolled. He had always assumed almost all students persisted.

Starting this month, Father Caime will play a large role in ensuring that more of them do. He has just begun a new job as