The guest speakers covered several topics in their discussions with the students -- job opportunities within their companies, job requirements/skills and work ethics.

I enjoyed listening to the students talk about what they wanted to do in the future.

It's inappropriate to steal another school's students.

The University was very careful not to give the appearance that we were stealing students from Tulane.

The academy program allows for consistency with teaching students. Without the academy, a student would have five or six different teachers that have different ways of doing things.

The program fosters communication between teachers and students. Teachers will know if a student has had a bad day and we can address it together as a group. We will ask a student what they dislike. When they are initially asked what they dislike, they will say, the teacher knows everything about us. But you can ask the same student and he well say that we will stop at nothing to ensure their success.