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(0 Attrition/Retention Study is completed on how to retain students ACTION FOR A CHANGE HELP US NYPIRG is students working with professionals to gain valuable S MM FIGHT FOR —cleaning up deadly nuclear waste. by Kathleen McDonough Managing Editor The Study Group on Attrition / Retention has completed prioritizing its 101 recommendations on how to keep students at this University. Attrition, or dropping out, has emerged as a crucial consideration at a time when enrollments—and, therefore, funding—have been slipping nationwide. The Study Group, a broad-based University committee appointed a year and one-half ago, released its original report last June. experience outside —Legislative reform the classroom. Course credit is NYPHtC — Women's rights After receiving the report. University President Robert L. Ketter suggested that the Study Group prioritize the 101 recommendations—originally submitted in six categorized groups. In a letter to Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Siggelkow, who chaired the Study Group, Ketter described the recommendations as ranging from “the generic to the highly specific.” He noted that some “speak to refining efforts already in place,” while “others may require funding which is unavailable.” —And other pressing campus and community given to students who participate issues Availability of funding was taken into consideration when the recommendations were ordered this summer. The Group devised - three categories—essential (requiring little money), highly desirable (needing some funding), and desirable (demanding a “distinct financial commitment and more extensive planning”). The building of a student union on the Amherst Campus rated 24th out of the 59 essential recommendations. We Can Do It Together See Our Displays Wednesday in Squire Lounge Splintering students or The noticeable absence of a centralized student union is, as the Study Group noted, a prime Concern of many students. This concern is accented by the knowledge that, within a few years, the Dental School will move into Squire Hall on the Main Street Campus, evicting those student organizations centered there. As of now, there is no room in Talbert Hall on the Amherst Campus, where the student governments occupy cramped offices. The small student activities building slated for construction will only house some organizations, prolonging the splintering of student groups by physical distance. —-—- The Study Group recognized the wide support given to building a student union, and suggested that it be strongly considered, “even if funding must be derived from other than State resources.” Stop Up To 356 Squire Hall ---General interest meeting - Thursday, Sept. 13, at 4 pm in 334 Squire Hall or at 7:30 pm in 167 Fillmore in Ellicott. Many of the recommendations classified as essential are based on improving interaction between faculty, administration, staff and students. The number one recommendation in this category was that faculty and administrators strive to be more “visible and accessible to students.” NEED EXTRA CASH ? Fierce competition The Study Group also emphasized imporovements in the “physical environment” of the campus. Many of these suggestions were grouped under the highly desirable category—including landscaping, redesign of the residence Kails, and the return of residential space presently occupied by offices. One key recommendation, ranked a relatively high 16 in the essential category, probed the detrimental effect of fierce academic, competition on keeping students enrolled here. The Study Group noted that many academically qualified students drop out because they cannot get into the department or professional school of their choice. It suggested an in-depth study of academic opportunities here as well as of competition for limited openings between enrolled students and transfer students who are, according to the report, “currently accorded preference for some upper-divisional admissions.” Come to tKe SA Book ExcKange 219 Squire-Main St. Campus BRING IN BOOKS TO BE SOLD: -WED, SEPT 5TH THRU THURS SEPT 13 The Group also criticized attempts to up enrollment by admitting more students. 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