Transcript Ice Breaker What should I visit if I were to travel to your city? Think Pair Share.

Ice Breaker
What should I visit if I were to
travel to your city?
Think
Pair
Share
Overview
• Research on student success
• Practical applications
Research Articles and
Resources for Faculty
http://www.collegesuccess1.com/
Conferences.htm
What is the dream that
students have when they
begin college?
The American Dream
• Get a degree
• Get a better job
• Improve the quality of life
• Increase self-respect
• Be the best you can be
The Reality
• What Happens?
• After 8 years, only 53% of those
seeking degrees achieved their goals.
• 40-50% of the students don’t even
return the next semester.
• 6 out of 10 transfer students give up
their plans or drop out in one
semester. Sources: Achieving the Dream website,
PACE Research
Achieving the Dream is Difficult
• Lack of basic skills in reading,
writing and math
• Poor study habits
• Lack of clear goals for college and
careers
• Unfamiliar with available oncampus resources
• College success courses help
students achieve their goals.
From Community College Research Center
CCRC Brief
America’s Perfect Storm
Large numbers
of students lack
literacy skills,
especially
disadvantaged
minorities.
The population is
becoming older
and more
diverse. Most
new growth from
immigrants with
lower skills..
Technological
innovation and
globalization have
changed the world of
work. Higher levels
of education equal
higher pay.
Many of our students are
not prepared for the storm
To Achieve the Dream
• Improve basic skills including how
to study
• Understand career trends of the
future and how they can prepare
for them.
• Globalization
• Technology
Community College Survey of
Student Engagement (CCSSE)
• College reform based on research
• Recommendations based on
surveys of 700,000 students from
548 colleges in 48 states over the
past 5 years
CCSSE Strategy #1: Set High
Expectations and Clear Goals
• Believe that all students can learn.
• Create roadmaps for accomplishing
degree and transfer goals.
• Provide the support needed to
accomplish goals.
CCSSE Strategy #2: Focus on
the Front Door
• Helping students succeed the first
semester dramatically increases
retention
• Critical early periods
• Academic advising plays a key role
CCSSE Strategy #3: Elevate
Developmental Education
• 61% are underprepared
• Need assessment and placement
• In addition to reading, writing and
math, students need to know how
to study and learn
• Emphasis on learning style
• Becoming a lifelong learner
CCSE Strategy#4: Use Engaging
Instructional Approaches
• Active and collaborative learning
increases persistence and retention
• Most successful engagement
activities happen in the classroom
CSSE Strategy #5: Make
Engagement Inescapable
• In the classroom
• Academic advising?
• How do you make engagement
inescapable?
Some Lessons Learned
• Engagement does not happen by
accident; it happens by design.
• Engagement matters for all students,
but it matters more for some than for
others:
• Underprepared
• Students of color
• First generation
• Nontraditional learners
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon, CA
The most significant
finding is increased
persistence.
Persistence
• Students who return the next
semester
• Approximately half of community
college students nationwide do not
persist after the first semester
College Persistence Semester to Semester
5 Year Average at Cuyamaca College
• All successful PDC students 89%
• All students 63%
A 26% improvement!
College Success Course
• 3 units
• Transfers to four year universities
• One of the top 15 revenue
producing programs in the college
Bridge
High
School
Community
College
University
College Success
• Motivation
• Time and Money
• Memory and Reading
• Test Taking
• Taking Notes, Writing and
Speaking
Career Success
• Personality and Related Majors
• Learning Style and Intelligence
• Interests and Values
• Career and Educational Planning
Lifelong Success
• Communication and Relationships
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
• Appreciating Diversity
• Positive Thinking
• Life Stages
Keys to Success
• The program helps students to
make a good choice of a major and
career.
How did you choose your
major?
Career?
•Carl Jung and personality type
Online:
Keys to Success
• The program helps students to
understand their learning style and
how to become a lifelong learner.
The PEPS Learning Style
Assessment
• Measures preferences in 20 areas
• Perceptual
• Environmental
• Emotional
• Sociological
• Physical
Keys to Success
• The program engages students in
learning
• In the classroom
• Online
Keys to Success
• Use technology to make education
engaging and inescapable.
Take a Look
Resources for Faculty
www.collegesuccess1.com
• Instructor Manual
• Exercises and Handouts
• Syllabus
• Research
• PowerPoint
• Internet Links
• Questions?
• Evaluation forms