Like most schools, we have a school catalog that outlines the "rules" for the campus. It has admission guidelines as well. Why is it that some campus' choose to ignore some of the rules but tend to enforce others. I was taught integrity. If we say we are going to do something, it should be done. The catalog is our way of saying we are going to do something. Are there some items in a catalog that can be more flexible? Example: We require a registration fee to be paid before entrance per the catalog. We also require background checks,… >>>

It is a frequently a challenge to determine if a student is under the influence of a prescribed or self prescribed narcotic. I have known students that tend to always look under the influence but that is their "norm". If I use the first student as a benchmark, I may be making bad assumptions. To be safe, I never accuse or confront a student; I will request that they remove themselves from a lab until I can determine it safe for them to return. It seems a little grey within our institution... do I request them to submit to a… >>>

Students who inquire about the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Concorde KOP are provided with a disclosure form that each must sign and is then placed in their file. Each form explains the Physical Requirements/Working Conditions, ATB/GED Statement, Transfer of Credits, Externship/Clinical Requirements, Criminal Background Check, and Emergency Release. The student is also provided with an Enrollment Agreement, Return of Title IV Funds, Criminal Background Disclosure, Student Criminal Background Check Acknowledgement, Personal Data Form, HS/GED Transcript Request, Student Disclosures and Acknowledgements, Consolidated Salary Disclosure, Federal Student Disclosure Federal Placement Rate Disclosure, Federal Student Body Diversity Disclosure, Waitlist Acknowledgement and Programmatic… >>>

I wonder if there is a way to offer an employee training regarding the overall picture of how each department works together without violating the separation of duties. For example, the other day, a prospective student was comparing the curriculum of a state school with our school and expressing how much more affordable the state school's program was. It just happene that I had a demanding parent asking questions about the same program days prior and connected the parent to our career services director who was able to relay, not only our competitive graduation and placement rates, but also explain… >>>