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Patricia, You make a good point. We should offer advise and refer student to counselors. Some schools employ them. Others contract with companies to provide these services. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

Patricia, Have you considered surveying the student who withdrew? We learned a lot when we did this several years ago. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Are We In More Than One Business?

Kathleen, What are the areas that are not academic that you and your teammates have to address the most often? Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

John, It sometimes takes time to get folks to change. Keep at it. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

Gene, This sounds like an interesting policy. What are some of your interaction strategies? Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

John, Most career colleges encourage faculty members to creatively cover the course objectives. You may want to consider working with your peers to e=help establish a way to share good ideas within the policies of the institution. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

Donna, Thanks for this post. The most important part of a call to a student is the support we offer them. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Time-Wasters

Robert, I found that turning off my email for 90 minutes at a time has been really helpful. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Making Something Happen

Donna, There is a renewed focus on "service learning" at many career colleges. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

Thanks, Donna. Many career colleges call their absent students. The key to the success of these calls is the spirit of the call. What do you do to make these calls effective? Jeffrey Schillinger