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It is important to maintain high retention rates. Some withdrawals are necessary and avoidable, and there is nothing that the faculty members or the institution can do to avoid the withdrawal. However, it is the unnecessary withdrawals that these modules focus on. The key to avoiding unnecessary student withdrawals is early detention and prevention. Unnecessary withdrawals occur because of stressors. There are hordes of organizations and services setup to deal with these stressors. The instructor has more contact with the students than any other faculty on the campus. Good faculty will make themselves available and accessible and show that they care about their students. They do this by building rapport with their students. Once rapport is built, the faculty member will be able to pick up on certain things, even when the student keeps the issue to him/herself. For example, someone who usually participates a lot in class suddenly becomes quite, more disinterested, as though there’s a lot on his/her mind. This is a flag indicator that something has happened in this student’s life, the onset of a stressor. The instructor may not be able to solve the student’s problem, but as long as s/he is knowledgeable of the services that the institution offers, the instructor can put the student in touch with the right person. Right person, right place, right time equals alleviated stressor and greater potential at the student remaining and succeeding.

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