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effective, high-quality education for diverse
individual students’ needs include online
programs ranging from personalized
orientation, advising, and progress maps
to virtual aerial robotics and aircraft crash
labs. Since its launch in 2017, the Embry-
Riddle Worldwide Retention, Affinity and
Persistence (WRAP) initiative has increased
new student matriculation rates by over
10% and retention rates by 17%.
Worldwide campus locations include
89 military bases, which goes back to
the university’s core student base: active
and veteran military. Recognition of
who its students are has always been a
large part of developing the university’s
approach. Watret says that the university
Embry-Riddle’s new Mori Hosseini Student Union in Daytona Beach glows
at sunset. Photo: Embry-Riddle/David Massey
Watret credits Embry-Riddle’s success in part to a low
student-faculty ratio and proven learning approaches that keep
invaluable skills such as self-discipline,
communication, and a respect for safety. That translates well into
the aviation and aerospace industry,” helping to make Embry-
students engaged and help them succeed. Effective technologies
that reach across geographic lines, yet continue to provide an
“recognizes that military service provides
Riddle almost synonymous with degrees in the field.
Embry-Riddle Worldwide is currently headquartered in
Volusia County, where the institution employs approximately 250
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