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Originally Posted by muns
Sorry to hear about your troubles CU. I was surprised at your schools set up though.
As someone who has worked at 3 small D-3 schools both in administration and athletics, at none of my schools did they pay anybody to advise kids. It was an extra job that got put onto someones plate that already had enough on it to begin with. So faculty had it put on, the tutoring staff had it put on etc. Does your school have someone that does that full time?
It was also a job of one of the coaches to check in on the kids to make sure they were alright schedule wise and if they weren't, could guide the kids in the right direction so they didnt hurt themselves. Did the AD allude to any of that when you met with him? Was shocked none of the coaches caught any of that for you, their program, and your son.
The other issue, and this raised an eye to me. When schools have kids that dont graduate on time they get penalized in various publications and rankings. They dont want kids not graduating on time as the little money they make for an extra semester is really meaningless, especially since most kids run out of financial aid after 8 semesters, which also means the typical kid has to drop out, which also affects those ratings and publications. The rankings and publications are what helps make the school money, not the extra semester.
Does any of your CC's offer 8 week courses cheap to get any of these kids back on course? Another suggestion is asking the college about Clep examinations. Those are prob 100-200 a pop but are a fast way to pick up college credits in a few days if your kid knows a lot about a particular subject and thinks he can pass a test to prove it. The college should have a catalog of things that would qualify for clep, but they dont advertise, as if you can pick up 3-4 credits for 100-200 a pop its not a good business model.
anywho thought i would try to help save you a lil bit of money if i could
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Appreciate it.
To be clear doesn't impact my son. But does hit a bunch of his friends.
And yes they have a full time academic advisor, actually football has 2 and there is a 3rd for all other sports..
Also have 5 full time S&C staff....which is unusual for a d2 school as well Ive found