I have always said the top secret tip for doing well in college is "Go to class". I have known professors who would bump a grade to the next letter, if the point total was borderline and the student had been there pretty well all the time. The professors said that indicated "they cared". And, lots of profs lay all the material out in class.
Here are some interesting figures. An ASU Biology instructor reported these findings from classes she taught that had 300 students in them.
60 students dropped the class before the end of the semester. The average number of absences for each student at the time he or she dropped was nine (9) for a class that met 3 times a week for 15 weeks.
Students who made A's (12.4%) and B's (20.5%) had an average of 2.4 absences.
Students who earned a D (22.5%) or F (19.8%) had an average of 8.3 absences.
Of those students that earned an A or B, 14 had perfect attendance.
Only 4 students who had a D or F had perfect attendance.
If she told me the C statistics, I somehow did not get those recorded.
If we can only teach our students and all workers "the power of showing up". I am afraid that all the classes being on line now may not promote be beneficial habit of showing up.
Arliss Dickerson is a part time college ministry consultant for Lifeway Christian Resources and the author of five college ministry books in eBook and print at amazon.com (type in Arliss Dickerson). His book, "ALMOST Everything About College Ministry," will be available early summer.
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