The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1971 Page: 3 of 6
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THE YELLOW JACKET, March 5, 1971
Pago 3
Attrition Rate Attacked by Program
By
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REV. LOGAN CUMMINGS
Rev. Cummings
Honorary POP
Rev. Logan Cummings, pas-
tor of First Baptist Church,
has been made an honorary
member of Fsi Omega Phi,
according, to Dr. George
Grimm, sponsor, and Bobby
Newman, president. The hon-
or came to Mr. Cummings as
a result of his concern for
and activity at HPC, as a
trustee of the college.
By DR. HENRY LINDSEY
Academic Dean
One of the tragic problems
posed for. every college and
university each year is the
large number of students, es-
pecially freshmen, who leave
voluntarily or because they
are suspended because of poor
academic achievement or for
failure to make a satisfactory
social adjustment to college
life. The administration and
faculty at Howard Payne have
instituted a new coordinated
program this academic year to
help meet this problem.
President Guy D. Newman
announced last week that
Howard Payne has adopted a
new Tutorial-Counseling Pro-
gram which is already revers-
ing the attrition trend. "It has
been frustrating in the past
to operate a costly admissions
program to bring , in students
who have met admission • re-
quirements and to see large
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numbers drop out or have to
bfe suspended because of poor
performance in classes."
The new Tutorial-Counsel-
ing Program which was be-
gun with the fall semester was
primarily responsible for re-
ducing the number of students
lost by 26 per cent from the
number lost the fall semester
of 1969:
We are greatly encouraged
by the initial results of this
new program," Dr. Newman
stated. "Not only does the im-
proved retention rate benefit
the college financially, but the
most important aspect of these
results is that it means the
salvaging and enhancement of
human resources and potential
which might otherwise be
wasted or destroyed."
The Howard -Payne system
is very simple, individualistic
and direct. The key to it is
commitment; commitment on
the part of the administration
and the faculty—especially the
faculty. The faculty must be
committed to personal ihterest
and concern for each individ-
ual student, especially those
who have academic study prob-
lems. Faculty members must
realize and accept the fact that
one of the major benefits and
opportunities which a small
college affords in contrast to
the large universities and state
colleges is the privilege of
teaching smaller classes and
getting to know the students
personally. Professors ar<* also
reminded that much cf the
best teaching and learning
takes place outside the class-
room and personal conferenc-
es in the faculty offices, the
coffee shop, on the campus
and in the faculty home are
encouraged arid expected.
The administration is com-
mitted to administer and fi-
nance the program. Tutors for
students who are freshmen or
who are on academic proba-
tion are employed and paid by
the administration. The tutors
are drawn from the student
body and include members of
several ethnic groups and na-
tionalities. Peer tutoring ap-
pears to be more effective in
many cases. .
The Academic Dean prepares
a list of the freshmen students
and all students who are on
academic probation (all names
of both groups are integrated
into the one master list called
the Monthly Progress Report
Roster). The roster is sent to
teach faculty member at the
beginning of each semester.
During the third week of each
month the monthly report
form are sent to each faculty
member. The faculty is requir-
ed to enter on the report form
each month the names of any
students whose names appear
on the Monthly Report Roster,
if they are making below a
"C" average at the end of, the
month.
The Academic Dean com-
piles a list of the students each
month who are reported as
having below a "C" average
in a course or courses. Steps
are quickly taken to alert the
student, the parent, and the
advisor so that immediate as-
sistance can be provided rath-
er than waiting until mid-se-
mester grades are out. It is
often too late to salvage a poor
achiever after half the semes-
ter is gone.
The results of the first se-
mester under this new system
tell the story. On Oct. lr 1976
when the first progress reports
were made 238 students were
making below "C" in 426
courses. The. final report in
December showed a dramatic
decrease to 95 students defi-
cient in only 167 courses.
Another indication of the
effect of the new program was
a drop from 43 academic sus-
pensions at the end of the
1969 fall semester to 32 for
1970 with almost identical en-
rollment figures for both years.
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The Bulletin for the 1971
summer session has been re-
leased by the registrar's of-
fice, according to Mrs. B. O.
Herring, registrar.
The session will run from
June 7 through July 16, and
only one six weeks term will
be held.
No more than eight semes-
ter hours of credit may be
taken during the term by an
undergraduate student. How-
ever, students expecting to
graduate in July may take
nine hours, Mrs. Herririg said.
Although the normal tui-
tion rate is $30 per semester
hour, any student residing in
the dormitory and taking at
least six hours will have the
opportunity to use a total
special \ rate for dormitory,
food and tuition costs. The
package is $272 for the sum-
mer, plus tax, as applicable,
she added.
Course work to be offered
will include basic and ad-
vanced studies in most de-
partments, with private music
also offered.
Special workshops will be
offered in addition to the
tegular summer session in
such areas as band adminis-
tration and organization, aero-
space education techniques,
special studies in speech ther-
apy and the social science
traveling seminar. Dates for
the workshops are varied and
are listed in the Bulletin. Oth-
er information should be ob-
tained from the registrar's of-
fice.
The dormitories, however,
will not be open for the July
19-30 workshops.
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1971, newspaper, March 5, 1971; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128661/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.