What is attrition?
What are some whys we can get the students to understand attrition?
Students understand attrition in a very personal way, Jill. At the institutional level, it's not a concept that they care much about. The important thing to them is the impact of life's barriers to their goal. For each student, the attrition rate is either 0% or 100%, depending on their ability to deal with the issues they are confronting. As an instructor, your role is to help them clarify the issues and identify solutions.
One of the things I struggle with is how far to go with students. There has to be clear cut boundaries with how to deal with a students stressors or it can become overwhelming and stressful to the instructor.
