Getting to know our students is very important. We are a small college and our Admissions director does a good job placing student in the programs that they will succeed in. My instructors make an effort to know what is happening with the students. When they see a student struggling academically, they encourage the student to seek tutoring. I have had some instructors even bring the student to me so the student is introduced and the problem can be addressed. Our instructors take a personal interest in the students and when a student is absent call the student to see if everything is okay,
Our Admissions director is good about setting up car pooling. I would like to see more mentoring take place but our program is only six months long. The student buddy system is encouraged. When students use this tool success usually follows. We do have students who really want this program but either can't grasp the technical concepts or the theory concepts. When this occurs we have to take the loss and let the student go.
