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Attention.  What is attention? It is when we take the time to listen to someone else.  We take the time to see every individual with our eyes and look beyond that person.We look beyond their physical appearance.  We wonder about their lives. Each individual has a story to tell about themselves. We recognize  each individual is made up of mind,body, and soul. When a student approaches, a smile from the faculty will open up avenues of communication.  We express concern,availability, and ultimately attention.  This student will feel wanted,respected, and will want to stay in school.  l

This is something that is at the very core of my position at our school, but often, I've struggled with what I can really do about it.  This course affirmed that there were things we were doing correctly and suggested some new strategies that we can implement.

This course was very relevant, especially in dealing with the millennium generation, however I'd like to see a course devoted specifically to that age/demo. Some of the data assumptions, I believe, would be changed - especially those references applying to certain students having/not having adequate coping mechanisms, etc. This new generation, comfortable in communicating digitally, will skew this data in a much different direction, perhaps, and upset and change the assumptions given in this course.

I enjoied this course very much, it was very helpful.

I found this class to be very helpful and feel I have learned a lot of new ideas to put into practice. 

I would recommend this course to any school who has retention issues.

Very easy to understand and navigate.

I really enjoyed this course. It had a lot of good ideas and made me feel good knowing we already do a lot of the things discussed in this course. Unfortunately there is another problem that gets in the way of retention and that is Instructors that do not care about the students. If you do not have a passion to teach, you should stay out of a classroom!!

I love teaching and have no problem with retention.  It aggrevates my when the students aren't provided with the tools neccesary and promised to them.  I work with food and when I don't have product or quality product promised I can't do my job.  In today's computer age bad reviews can effect future students.  Company should be careful about they're bottom line. 

Excellent course to increase your awareness about issues affecting retention. It is everyone's business or else we are out of a job!

I really enjoyed this course! It reinforced some beliefs that I have carried with me for a long time: that people can succeed with a little motivation and someone who believes in them and supports them along the way.

THIS WAS A GOOD COURSE. I ALREADY PRACTICE MOST OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED BUT IT SEEM TO FINE TUNE ME AS AN INSTRUCTOR. I WILL PUT THESE IDEAS INTO PRACTICE. THANKS

Dealing with retention issues can be frustrating at times, and just to know that there are other schools/administrators dealing with similar issues is comforting.  I'll be returning to this board for continued support.  Thanks!

This was a great experience and this course enlightened me enormously. I think I will be a better instructor for having taken this course. Thank You most sincerely.

Traeting students as individuals and showing compassion and understanding is the start of the Retention procedure. Next is the encouragement, and positive reinforcement, encouraging their intelectual positiveness and their bright future helps the retention of these students. They need to feel that someone cares about them as a person and is prepared to mentor, support, lend a helping hand and be their guide and buddy and as well

The corse was interesting in some cases and a review in others.  The 1st week of orientation is important in any situation.  The big picture in life is a two-way street.  The student must remember their responsiblity to themselves as well as the institution and the Institution must rember their responsibilty to the student and their reputation.

I'm so glad that I took this course. I have so many ideas running through my head. I will be spending the weekend putting all of these ideas on paper so I can start implementing them ASAP.

This course was very beneficial in providing useful ideas to help with new student retention.

This course was insightful and had many great ideas that I plan to implement. I do agree with the area "Timing is Everything", this is so true. If I can get with my students at the onset of their issues I can usually save them from dropping. If they don't come to me until the last straw it's usually a little harder to save them and sometimes not possible.

I also try very hard to let them all know that I am available anytime! I know communication is difficult for some so I give them options of contacting me. They can… >>>

My school has a retention meeting each week. Where we go over the weekly retention and also identify students that may have issues. We roundtable discussions on what resources might be available to the student.

This course has helped me with more insight on tools that the school and faculty can use to help the students to stay focused on their goals etc...

This course was very informative.  I can't wait until week one of classes to utilize some of the retention tools suggested in this course!