Retention means different things for different people involved in the educational process. To me, as the educator, I want my students to continue to grow and stay engaged and remain successful in the program. As the educator, it is my job to be thorough and helpful to help them stay on track.
Retention is the byproduct of doing the right thing and having the right people in the right place at the right time...Such emphasis on the importsnce falculty plays in promoting retention.
There are necessary as well as unnecessary causes of attrition. We need to focus on both causes. To assist students in navigating the unforeseen circumstances such as illness, family issues, etc as well as taking a preventative measure for the unnecessary causes. Even though faculty are the front line, everyone at the institution is responsible for retention.
In this section I've learned that retention includes many things. One of those includes how well an institution engages with their students. It is important to identify and act on signs that lead to students withdrawing. It is understandable that not every student enrolled will graduate, but how do you identify a pattern and widely address it?
There is a lot of information covered during orientation and some of it is never revisited. I think there should be time set aside for members of faculty to come by the classrooms regularly to say hi and remind them what they can help the students with.
Having the right people in the right roles can help identify students who are at risk of dropping or struggles so the appropriate intervention strategies can be put into place.
It is every employee's responsibility to help retain students
It's important to remember that retention is everyone's responsibility. Often, admissions is blamed for not recruiting the best students. Instead of blaming one department, we all can take accountability for student retention. We need to determine barriers for retention and provide support for at-risk students.
Retention is the responsibility of the entire campus rather than one specific department.
Rentension should be the focus of everybody including faculty, staff and professors. If it is a team effort, then it should be good to go.
Everyone must play a part with retention and letting others know what is going on with a student is vital.
I learned that early recognition that a student is having difficulty promotes early interventions.
Its essential to have the right people in the right role at the right time. This hit home for me because it is so true that the wrong instructor or the right Student Servives officer can make a huge difference.
Everyone is responsible for retention.
Retention is everyone's responsibility that must be withhold.
Every professor plays a role in retention, if a student doesn't feel supported in a particular course they will likely drop the course.
it is all our jobs .
we all need to care and be helpful
I have learned that we all need to work together for students' retention. I learned many strategies on how to that with this course so far.
I think whenever one notices a student who is weaker than all other students, it would be a good idea to work a little extra with that student in order to bring that student to a higher level as a professor but it is not always easy.
Students need to be heard, respected and appreciated. It is important to emphasize to employees on all levels of contact that these qualities must be conveyed consistently and genuinely.
