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Paula, What are one or two of the most difficult life issues that your students bring with them? How does your institution work to mitigate the impact of these life issues? Jeffrey Schillinger

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The First Impression

Roselyn, Students who know there are people who care about them in the building are likely to stay in school and be successful after they graduate. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Your Mentor

Paula, What are those behaviors she modeled? Jeffrey Schillinger

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Adult Learner Motivation

Mark, This is a common student at career colleges. What are some of the ways you try to offset the lack of a support network at home? Jeffrey Schillinger

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Adult Learner Motivation

Dennis, any adult students use others in their lives as their motivation to return to school. It is often the children, but sometimes spouses or parents are the motivation. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Adult Learner Motivation

Cara, Thank you for this post. Most career college students have something very specific that motivates them to return to or start college beyond looking for a sense of accomplishment. Most often, it has to do with providing a better life and good example for someone else. Jeffrey Schillinger

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The First Impression

Courtney, How do you deal with students who come to class seeming to be tired, angry or disinterested? Jeffrey Schillinger

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Your Mentor

Thank you for sharing this, Courtney. What were one or two specific things your mentor did to increase your confidence. Jeffrey Schillinger

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The Intelligent Heart

Lazara, This in an interesting way to describe the process before a student starts. Thanks for sharing it. Jeffrey Schillinger

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Attention Equals Retention

Lazara, How do you coordinate the contact with students? From time to time, we hear that students get frustrated when too many folks from the campus call them about the same things, often on the same day. Jeffrey Schillinger