Students have problems putting pieces together
Counseling Center can help more than they are currently reaching
Michael Sheffield
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: News
Kandice Love, a junior, said she would not take the class because she already knew what she was doing with her life. "I wouldn't take the class, but it would be good for incoming freshmen," she said. "I don't think it would help older students."
Michael Rice, a second-degree nursing student, agrees that the class would be helpful for incoming students. "Coming from high school, or even community colleges, is a big transition and many students are clueless," Rice said. "I know when I was in college, everyone tended to be a follower."
A report released by ACT Inc. in 2004 titled "The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention" recommended "that educational administrators and policymakers take an integrative approach that address both the academic and non-academic factors" in college life, according to the report located at www.act.org.
Brown advocates such a policy, saying that a class that steps back and looks at students' lives from an analytical and therapeutic viewpoint would greatly benefit all students at ETSU.
"The real value," Brown said, "is that students understand themselves better."
Michael Rice, a second-degree nursing student, agrees that the class would be helpful for incoming students. "Coming from high school, or even community colleges, is a big transition and many students are clueless," Rice said. "I know when I was in college, everyone tended to be a follower."
A report released by ACT Inc. in 2004 titled "The Role of Academic and Non-Academic Factors in Improving College Retention" recommended "that educational administrators and policymakers take an integrative approach that address both the academic and non-academic factors" in college life, according to the report located at www.act.org.
Brown advocates such a policy, saying that a class that steps back and looks at students' lives from an analytical and therapeutic viewpoint would greatly benefit all students at ETSU.
"The real value," Brown said, "is that students understand themselves better."