Integrity, Honesty and Compliant
The ethical practices most important to me are those guiding my interaction and presentation to students. Certainly the existing government regulatoins will motivate my compliance and corall my words and actions, but far more important will be the person sitting across from me. I owe that person the courtesy of speaking only truth regarding our classes, graduation rates, instructors, and costs. If I say one thing and then send the student off to encounter something different, I am setting that student up for disappointment and potential failure. This is the opposite of why I am working in education.
definitely honesty with your teammates, coworkers and colleagues to keep the harmony, positive ambiance and communication. other practices can be treating others as you would like to be treated and no gossiping at work!
1. honesty and integrity above all else.
2. Giving a student correct and exact information.
3. Securing student information in accordance with FERPA.
We must protect the integrity of the processes and practices of our institution at all times because we represent something much larger than ourselves.
For me it's extremely important to be truthful and have someone else's best interest at heart. If for any reason you don't know the answer to a question, it's ok to say you don't know and refer this person to someone that will guide them through the correct path.
There are a multitude of practices that are ethical and required but utmost in my mind are:
1. Getting the student in the right program for them based on their interest and qualifications.
2. Informing them about the cost of the program, any loan information and payback requirements.
3. Reality of job placement in their program choice and realistic pay rate to ensure that they can live and meet any loan repayment responsibilities.
There are many important ethical practices to consider, but the first one is knowing that the student has the right program that can benefit him or her. Also informing them of the loan process and that they will be paying back the loan and invsting in themselves towards a career. Lastly, I think it's important to discuss realistic career opportunities in the field and where our graduates are working today.
Graciana,
Thank you so much for joining the forum and sharing your best practices and great outcomes!
Cindy Bryant
Respects people as ends, not means: The goal is to consider every prospective student as a unique individual, give them importance and value, as to separate them from the general public.
Respect participants human, civil, and legal rights: this encompasses such issues as non-discrimination and cultural sensitivity.
Do what is best for everyone under the circumstances: You're not necessarily going to be able to help everyone all the time, but you can try to get as close as possible.
Hi Cindy,
We conduct an interview with every prospective student in our school. We review his/her expectations and professional goals. Since we have only programs healthcare related we have inside of our rules and regulations the possibility of transferring between them. So our experience let us say that our trending topic is are of expertise (i.e. phlebotomy to electrocardiograpy). Since we assist the students throughout the process outcomes have over a 95% of positive rate. It always exists the possibility of students to withdraw but that wont be necessary if we make a professional and compliance of rules and regulations at interview's
Carlos,
It is the advertising that allows the public to glimpse inside our campuses. When the student walks through the door of a school it should closely resemble the advertising.
Cindy Bryant
Graciana,
Hi! Welcome to the forum. Are you able to recall a time that a student was not in the right program and the outcome.
Cindy Bryant
Juan,
Truthfully is the only way to represent your school ethically. As long as everyone is on the same page and speaks the same words then misrepresentation is simply an afterthought.
Cindy Bryant
I agree that getting the student into the right program is very important
To be truthful in advertising is KEY. You MUST not offer anything you can't accomplish. It will save us a lot of extra work and problems to be truthful with students and prospective students. One lie can turn down years of hard work.
I consider ethical code must be filtered by TRUTH. If you always handle interaction with students and prospective students truthfully and clear of misunderstanding in way possible way, your "customers" will appreciate that and (as usually happen in our school) they refer us prospective student based on their own experience while with us.
Truth about class size,
truth about success rate/graduation
truth about job placement percent's
Renate,
Every business builds their own foundation. The most successful businesses with any type of longevity have built their organization on a solid mission statement and values premise. When these values are held in high regard by management they have a tendency to trickle down. It seems that your school has upheld their mission and promoted ethics and compliance throughout the school.
Cindy Bryant
Ethics means Integrity. If a school does not have these components, it will not be in the marketplace for long. Ethics is revealing to the students exactly what is involved in attending the program in terms of time and cost. It also means being fair in comparing different programs and not distorting the facts. In other words, it would be unethical to highlight the bad features of another program just to get enrollment from a prospective student.
The three most common ethical practices that are most important to me are first to make sure that perspective students understand the non-tuition costs involved in the program, second to ensure that students comprehend the time commitment involved in completing the program, and lastly, to make sure that the students have a realistic understanding of the job market and their potential earnings.
