Just Provide The Product
I am not a recruiter, but I understand the economics of retention. It certainly does affect our school and what goes on here. In our society it has become common place for a product to be sold and yet not fulfill its' promise as described on the "package" than come away feeling as though you got your monies worth. I can only see things like a horse with blinders sometimes and the way I see our educational process is that for the $XX,XXX.XX that a student pays for tuition they should get more knowledge made available to them than they ever dreamed of when they enrolled. If the curriculum is designed with skill and true educational value, then a student won't consider withdrawing, but look forward each day to learning more.
I agree with you. Great point
If we are unable to imagine our lives without an education, then we have ample testimony to its value.
Do you think that aggregate class attendance is a good indicator of instructor skill?
I've found that if the training offered is valid to their success, they see it;embrace it and stay with the program.If they feel it's a sham, they see that as a reason to bail out.This is reflected in the retention as well as which courses are dropped most often.
Doug, I agree that scools need to under promise and over deliver. As Educators we must never settle for average. We must continue to push ourselves to gain more knowledge about the subjects we teach and we must push ourselves to being better educators. We need to find new ways to show students material. If you are excited about being in class everyday so will the students
I agree with the designing with skill and educational value. Also getting more than expected, but the sold "package" still needs to match the curriculum. If the student is coming to cooking school with hope to be a great pastry chief and finds out the school does very little in regards to that aspect of cooking, he or she will be disappointed no matter what is there for them.
