In response to a posting that said:  "If we in academia are really concerned 
about retention, we must forge embracing, caring, supportive, encouraging, and 
empathetic connection."

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?
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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
[email protected], [email protected]
                                
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


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