Lynda  Bascom

Lynda Bascom

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Lack of employee development will also affect student retention. When a top performer stops performing, students may be the first to notice. This lack of enthusiasm is contagious, and student performance will drop, their goals will seem further away, and, if any of these students might currently be "on the fence" about their studies, they will most likely opt to leave the school.

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Most of what was covered in RT102 are things we already do with our orientations. It did, however, get me thinking out of the box about how to further involve faculty and how to help students during their first week. As a Business College, we give our students flash drives at orientation, pre loaded with all the school information. Many of the students never take the opportunity to look at them before coming to class. I don't like the idea of going back to paper. Any ideas on how to get them to use this as an opportunity to learn… >>>

Discussion

Most of what was covered in RT102 are things we already do with our orientations. It did, however, get me thinking out of the box about how to further involve faculty and how to help students during their first week. As a Business College, we give our students flash drives at orientation, pre loaded with all the school information. Many of the students never take the opportunity to look at them before coming to class. I don't like the idea of going back to paper. Any ideas on how to get them to use this as an opportunity to learn… >>>

Conference presentation by Empire College: 15 Minutes of Stardom

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