Financial loss
Students that withdrawing from a program create a poor finanical return investment for both the school and the student.
Most students are highly committed during the enrollment process. It's almost impossible to determine a potential student's level of committment ... plus, how am I to judge another person's level of committment? Is that even tangible? I think it's my responsibility as an educator to constantly motivate and encourage my students to maintain the committment they started with.
Speak to the student about the investment of time and money already spent by student the lose/lose if they were to leave school. A reminder of why they came to the school; return on investment; effect on credit turn a bad into a win/win
Dennis, does your institution have an active program to bring back students who has dropped out? This may require involvement with outside resources to solve some of the problems that led to their decision to withdraw.
No question, Gina. A withdrawal is a lose/lose for all involved.
A withdraw also would indicate that the student did not realize how intense that their particular program was and could not keep up or has lost interest in the program. Other factors would also include family issues, financial, etc.
I agree with you James. Most career college students are looking for financial stability. While that may be one of the outcomes of pursuing education, the student must also be interested in the career itself.
This is so true, and worse for the student. The students came in willing to invest money and time, only to leave the program discouraged. The school loses money, but also their reputation as a successful program.
The admissions process is a delicate balance. Any thoughts on how people from the ed side of the house can help the ACs understand the impact of their decisions?
And probably a person saddled with debt they won't/can't repay.
We go back to the issue of "committment". Many students enter programs for the wrong reasons, are processed through admissions to make financial goals, and then end up withdrawing. It is important that AC's fully understand their responsibilities to probe the potential student to determine their level of committment.
A withdraw means that there is one less educated person for that particular field. It's not good for the community or the student.
Yolanda, what do you do to help students understand the financial impact of dropping out?
