Ricky Moore

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Why is it so difficult to get online students to participate in chat room discussions. Please give me some strategies to get them to participate.

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Career Management

I think one should prepare themselves for a second career because ofttentimes professionals tend to burnout of perfoming the same job for many years. Instead of never being able to obtain job advancement in the job one may original began however; it does mean one perhaps retire in any entry level position. In addition, following company policy and procedures as well as surrounding yourself around people whom have the ability to create change in your work environment. I think one should never give up in career advancement because there is always a chance for career advancement when one is always… >>>

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Preparing Presentations

By taking this course now i understand a successful presentation comes along with having time to prepare for it. In addition, knowing and understanding the subject area.

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Summer Months

Recently we have change our overlapping problems at our campus at SBC and now beginning on 10/17/11 we will start our quarters the same time. However, we have extended them for 5 weeks presently. This change will work great for our students, faculty, and administration and now have such an overlap which will allow us to retain our students.

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Student Activities

Guess a descriptive word on a 3x5 card and select teams for participation against other teams. In addition, the highest number of correct words one team will win. The rules of the game is to guess each word on a 3x5 card when it is your team time and one cannot say prefix or suffix to words. Only give clues and gestures.

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Summer Months

I think all of us as managers have discovered June, July, and August to be the most significant drop in retention. For the most, part there are issues concerning child care and finance. Most of our students are the sole providers of their families and most work during times kids are out of school during summer months. In Texas, a child cannot stay alone in a home unless they are 14 years old. This is a huge factor when it comes to a student making a decision to stay in school versus their children compliance to state laws as well… >>>

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Student Activities

What does one suppose to do during economic crisis to create student activities to reduce retention? Most of us have problem faced extremely tight budgets because of our country's economic crisis. Give me some ideas, please to assist with this acute problem.

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Strategies for Retention

What are some strategies to manage retention of adults in higher education and adult learning? Our problems with many students are what was discussed in the course RT 101: socio economics, first college students of their generation, unpreparedness for college.... What can we do when the student fall into these categories of stress?

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Self-Actualization

According to what we found to be true about what is necessary for a student to obtain an education. That is, study very hard, follow instructions, ask questions in class etc... What are the needs of a student before he/she can think about attending college? Primary goals are important however; without having basic needs before students attend higher education will result in failure. What can be done about this situation before students attend college?