<p>Re: thoughts on student retention
I transferred into Drew last Fall and I know many students like me who came from other schools at the beginning of the school year. We’re all pretty happy with our choice. We all have other college experiences to compare to our current school and we feel that Drew does many things well. The best part of the Drew experience for me are the close relationships I have with my professors. It’s expected of the instructors and it’s strongly encouraged for the students to develop these bonds. </p>
<p>I had to comment on several points:
- All of my classes are very small with the exception of a lab science, and even that class has less than 50 students
- President Weisbuch has been strenuously reaching out to students for input. Weekly open office hours; visits with pizza to all of the dorms,etc. You’d have to go out of your way to AVOID him!
- the danger of making assumptions based on the resignation of a professor last Fall.
I feel compelled to comment on the last point because I knew this professor and he took pains to assure all of his students and faculty that his reasons for leaving were strictly a personal matter.
Your concerns were valid but I recall the warnings of my professors not to fall into the trap of “Post hoc ergo propter hoc” That is: “after this, therefore because of this”.
Or, in other words, correlation does not imply causation!</p>