Loren Kroh

Do find that this is an effective practice or do the students simply show up for the food? How can you tell?

Theresa, did the student share the reasons she wouldn't reach out to the other instructors? Hopefully, you were able to give her encouragement to get the help she needs in the future.

I'm not sure I understand the question, Marion, but my answer would depend on what you mean by unnecessary attrition. A thorough, thoughtful admissions process can avoid a lot of problems that lead to a student withdrawing. For example, one of the most common reasons given by students for dropping out is financial. Often this is a convenient excuse but this careful financial planning prior to the start could reduce this cause. However, if someone lost a revenue source that may not be unnecessary attrition.

Stephanie, who runs the meetings? Do the meetings include any training or sharing of best practices?

Amy, how do you know which practices are useful to the students, or to you?

Jaime, that's a lot of surveys. Are the surveys voluntary? Don't your students complain?

And how successful are you in accomplishing this? What happens if you don't?

Billy, how do you measure the changes from the first to second round of surveys? Are these on an individual course basis?

Gina, is there a point where the program director and individual instructor can review/discuss the results before they are presented publicly. I can imagine a situation where there is a reasonable explanation for aberrant survey results and an advance review could avoid unnecessary embarrassment.

Tyler, how well do the "needs improvement" lists of student and instructor match up? Do the students have a good idea of their strengths/weaknesses?