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Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: [HAPS-L] retention rates

108 - 120 in the fall, 88 - 98 spring for last 3 years. No preq., can be in developmental math, reading, and/or writing. Meeting is tomorrow, but suspect administration wants only C's or better at the end of the course. I haven't calculated anything since I'm still typing with one hand. The last time we had this discussion, about 5 years ago, retention for A & P I was about 50%, including withdrawals. I collected data and took the issue to academic council, asking for stratification (completion of reading). Nothing was accomplished. My boss suggested that I change the textbook. We had done that within the last year, so I asked him what criteria he wanted me to use. He didn't have an answer so I didn't take it to all my colleagues at the satellite campuses. It is difficult to get everybody to agree and I wasn't going to revisit the issue without administrative guidelines! 

mlp

MALACHOWSKY,KEN wrote:

Just curious.  How many students do you usually have in these courses?  What
prereqs if any, did they have?  By retention, do you mean how many make earn
a C or better from day one?  This data would include all D and Fs as well as
withdrawn students?  I ask this since I teach at a 2 year school and my
numbers are more in the 60-70 percentile when one counts in withdrawn
students into the data.
Thanks for your answers, Ken M Florence-Darlington Technical College 

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From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bob Tallitsch
Sent: Mon 3/26/2007 3:18 PM
To: HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: [HAPS-L] retention rates


Data from my institution (4-year liberal arts institution) may be aberrant
from community college data.

Human Anatomy: 98% retention rate (over 30 years)
Neuroanatomy: 99% retention rate (over 30 years)
Histology: 100% retention rate (over 30 years)
Kinesiology: 99% retention rate (over 30 years)

If you need any clarification on these data let me know Mary Lou.

Bob



	
	

		        i have a meeting Wed. morning about improving
retention rates. please send me your data, especially community colleges.
sorry for brevity and punctuation - carpal tunnel surgery
thank you, 
		        mary lou percy


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