- There needs to be mid semester check ins or assessments. It is not a sound tactic to learn for the test. Memory retention won’t be as good and it’s also a good time to figure out how a person grades. With practice you get better and it’s the same with most skills.
- This approach that students are just numbers is not helpful for the students. There is a lack of information that is accessible in a way that people can readily get it. There is also a lack of people that will help or mentors.
- Don’t employ teachers who don’t want to teach or who have no skill doing so. Employ professors who are good teachers and who have a passion to teach students (not just listen to themselves talk).
- Don’t make trips mandatory. They become hostage situations.
- Do not advertise a program as being completely in English when the administrative tasks are not in English.
- There needs to be better support systems for new students, forums for communicating.
- More information sessions for during the program and what to do after the program.
- An attempt at getting people together or connected should be made.
- Have classes that are exclusively for the major and not other students. who do not take the classes seriously.
- One examination should not be the only marker of success or how much someone has learned.
The system I was in before was not perfect, and this one is far from as well. But I think they should attempt to learn from each other and incorporate elements that have worked and be wary of those that have not.