Re: e-mails suggesting that the student think about other options
In reference to some of these e-mails, does your program have a policy for
students that are not succeeding? We have decided to enact a policy that,
if a student does not have a 2.0 GPA or needs to take a particular class
more than 3 times, that the student cannot be a Psych Major. However, we
need something official (besides suggest that they look into another
major). We have thought about contracts, sending the student to the career
center, find help with their reading and writing skills, etc. If they do
register for a psych course, should they be withdrawn from that course?
I would like to repeat Annette's comments that I am not trying to be rude,
but I feel that we are doing a great disservice to our students by allowing
them to continue in a program that they are not succeeding in. The question
is, should we allow the student to continue to struggle (and, in these
cases I am referring to, continue to fail) or should we step in and do
something as advisors? I am not against giving a student a chance - I know
that I have a number of advisees that had too much fun their freshman year
and now they are trying to fix that problem. And I have had students that
have gotten through the program by the skin of their teeth by working their
butts off. I am talking about the students with the 1.5 GPA, who have never
gotten a higher grade than a C, and, when they come into advising, swear
they are making all A's and B's, and honestly believe they pull up their
GPA because they plan on going to graduate school.
Any help would be appreciated.
Deb
Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(229) 333-5994
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