Bob- My experience matches yours. We do have a "Student Life" part to administration here and sometimes they can be "warm and fuzzy" but it is also their jobs to be "gatekeepers" and rule enforcers. On the whole, the contact students have is with the Registrar, the business office, housing officers, and various deans and their support staffs. It has been my experience that when students discuss those contacts with me, on the whole their reports are not tinged with words like "embracing, caring, supportive, encouraging, and empathetic"! I admit in my earlier days I was more the hard line type but, even with the sometimes frustrating component of students taking advantage of me, I've become a bit more prone to cutting folks a little slack. In the original post, Lewis said, "embracing, caring, supportive, encouraging, and empathetic connection" - I'm not sure how much embracing I'd get away with but I do try being the rest of those things (Lewis, I'm just kidding. I know what you meant.) :) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [mailto:drb...@rcn.com] Sent: Sun 3/8/2009 3:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Random Thought: A Quickie On Retention In response to a posting that said: "If we in academia are really concerned about retention, we must forge ." Mike Smith wrote: But I'm already a parent to my own two (little)girls! Besides, can't we leave that kind of thing to those who do it best: administration? ------------- You must be one of the luckiest people in the world to have an administration that behaves in that manner. That has not been my experience very often. Bob Wildblood, PhD, HSPP Lecturer in Psychology Indiana University Kokomo Kokomo, IN 46904-9003 rwild...@iuk.edu, drb...@erols.com We're trading a dogmatic president for one who's shopping for a dog. It feels good. - Maureen Dowd "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose". -Garrison Keillor We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
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