Lyn Rehm, member of the first graduating class of Rio Salado College School of Dental Hygiene. seven days a week. A tutor is paged and is guaranteed to call the student back within two hours. So even if you don't call us, we're going to be calling you. All of our retention and student achievement information is telling us that those students are doing as well in their studies as they would if they were taking an in-person course. The school has formed Educational Service Partnerships with corporations such as America West, Chase Bank and American Express.
Most traditional colleges come up with programs they think are good programs.
We start the opposite way and actually go out into the community and ask businesses what they want in an employee. Once they tell us all that, we create the program. Some institutions don't see that as part of their responsibility, but we do. One of Rio's most successful programs is a partnership with four regional police academies to provide an Associate of Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement Technology. Occasionally, the community comes to Rio Salado first.