At our school the other day we had a meeting to discuss rention. It is very improtant that everyone in our staff be present because we are all involved in there lives.

What are some whys we can get the students to understand attrition?

Students have problems in there life most of the time so I try to help them with as much help as I can . If I feel like I can't help I will send them to my Director for further assistance.

I think instructors should have a meeting once a month about retention.

How do you get students to listen and understand and face their problems?

How do I explain attrition to my students?

I think the retention plays an important roll with our students.

The school where I work has tried many methods of increasing student retention. All methods were informally thrown out to instructors and other school personnel with the expectation that each person involved would act accordingly. Each individual appeared to work on their own, and no real improvements in retention were made. A few months back the school established a three step program of working with students to locate problems early. The three step program: (1) Student advising (consultation) by the instructor. (An informal meeting between the instructor and student and the instructor keep record of such meeting.) (2) Instructor / student consultation and a written memo sent to Academic Review Committee (3) Instructor / student meeting with Academic Review Committee relating to student issues and concerns. This method appears to be working. It is not 100% retention rate; however there appears to be fewer drops this past six months. Only time will tell if this really works and what changes may have to be made. Are there any other such programs in place out there?

I want to reach students who have the capability to succeed, but do not apply themselves, while maintaining academic integrity.

Our school implemented stricter interaction between student and instructor. Not all retention burdens fall onto Services. This appears to be working, however, it is not 100%. Are there any other schools with this student/instructor interaction? Does it appear to be helping with retention?

I am looking for a book/cd that could be given to prospective students . Something dealing with career search, getting control of your life, motivation etc.

In post secondary education, is it better to give a small number of students a higher quality of education or is it better to give a lesser quality to a larger number of students in order to gain recognition and accredidation for a school.

We have recently redeveloped our retention committee to include at least two individuals from each administrative department and two faculty representatives. I would like to include represetatives from the student body and also alumni. Is anyone else currently including students and alumni in there retention committees and if so, how has this made more program more effective?

We haven't had much luck with drop surveys. Most students do not even attempt to respond. What other methods could we use to reach the students that drop of the face of the earth and never return?

We currently have retention committees at each of our campuses; however, I would like to know if anyone has developed a committee organizationally? What I would like to see our organiztion do is create an organizational retention committee in which representatives from each campus retention committee would get together to share ideas. These ideas would be implemented as an organization. We have great ideas at the campus level; however, that's as far as they go at this point. Since our students attend more than one campus, it would be beneficial to them if we were more consistent with our operations.

I have recently been chosen to "clean up" our retention issues. I was advised to take the ball and run with it, although the situation is larger then I intially thought. I have developed and applied new "retention policies" that seem to be working with most teachers. What is the best way to gain active participation from other departments as well as teachers?