Ruth Claire Black

Ruth Claire Black is an experienced university administrator and faculty member with a career focus in online and blended education and in the areas of retention and student success. Ruth’s current appointment is as a Teaching Fellow for the NHS Digital Academy, a new program from the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London (ICL). The Digital Health Leadership program is a partnership between Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh and Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining ICL, Ruth was a visiting scholar for technology and innovation at Namseoul University in Seoul, Korea. From 2011 to 2016, Ruth served as Executive Director of Online Innovation and Online Education for the California State University System, Office of the Chancellor, where she led system-wide initiatives on online and blended degree program development and delivery. Ruth's academic and research interests include, coaching to improve retention and student success, embedded digital content options for online courses as well as comparative analysis of outcomes and student satisfaction in technology delivered courses versus traditional courses. Ruth holds a BA in Political Science, with minors in English and History from the University of California, Irvine, a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California.

Publications

Coaching for Student Retention and Success at the Postsecondary Level: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Coaching for Student Retention and Success at the Postsecondary Level: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Ruth Claire Black. © 2019. 211 pages.
Online degree programs have long faced the issue of retention and engagement from their students. Proper support and guidance for students can encourage continuation in these...
Critical Assessment and Strategies for Increased Student Retention
Critical Assessment and Strategies for Increased Student Retention
Ruth Claire Black. © 2018. 352 pages.
Student retention has become a difficult issue within higher education. As such, it is imperative to examine the causes, as well as provide educators with strategies to implement...
Looking Beyond the Academic Institution for Retention and Student Engagement Models: A Study of Employee Engagement in a Rapidly Growing Worldwide Marketing Company
Looking Beyond the Academic Institution for Retention and Student Engagement Models: A Study of Employee Engagement in a Rapidly Growing Worldwide Marketing Company
Alexandra McDermott Wilcox, Ruth Claire Black. © 2018. 21 pages.
Student engagement, retention, and success are not issues limited to traditional academic settings. Corporations and non-traditional business entities allocate significant...
Coaching Based on the Hope Model to Address Student Success in South Korean Educational Institutions
Coaching Based on the Hope Model to Address Student Success in South Korean Educational Institutions
Alan Cromlish, Ruth Claire Black. © 2018. 17 pages.
South Korea is one of the highest achieving education countries in the world. However, there are several factors that inhibit South Koreans from realizing their full potential....