AdvancingaFrameworkfor

StudentSuccess

JillianKinzieIndianaUniversityCenterforPostsecondary

Research

EPIStudentSuccessSymposium– May23,2017

YourDefinitionofStudentSuccess

StudentSuccessDefined

Increasednumbersofdiverse

studentgroupsparticipating

inhigh-qualityeducational

experiences,earninghigh-

qualitycredentials.

WhattoDotoIncreaseStudent

Success?

• Theoreticalguides• Empirically-testedapproaches

• Time-honoredpractitionerwisdom

WeKnowAlotAboutStudentSuccess

Theoretical

Roots

StudentSuccess

Pascarella &Terenzini,1991,2005

MoreTheories/Modelsfor

StudentSuccess

• Learning-centered

• Talent

development

• Engaging

institutions

• Senseofbelonging

• GrowthMindset

• Studentengagement

• Inclusiveexcellence

&equity

JusttoNameaFewMore

StudentSuccessScholars:

ShaunHarper(2012)

SylviaHurtado(2012)

SamuelMuseus(2013)

LauraRendon(2011)

TerrellStrayhorn(2015)

VastiTorres(2009)

StudentSuccessStrategies

ConditionstoPromoteStudentSuccess

1. “Living”Mission&“Lived”EducationalPhilosophy

2. UnshakeableFocusonStudentLearning3. EnvironmentsAdaptedforEducational

Enrichment4. ClearlyMarkedPathways

toStudentSuccess5. Improvement-Oriented

Ethos6. SharedResponsibility

forEducationalQuality

GatewayCourseRedesign:“NothingI’mdoinghereisinlinewithhow

learningworks”KellyHogan,Bio.professorUNCChapelHillRevisedinstructionalpractice…

• Introducenewmaterialthroughassignments

• Starteachclasswithaquestion,thenT-P-S

• E-pollforunderstanding

• Quizzes,challengegames

PathwaystoStudentSuccess

1. Clarifypathstostudentendgoals– Simplifystudents’choiceswithdefaultprogrammaps

2. Helpstudentschooseandenterapathway– BridgeK12tohighereducationbyassuringearly

remediation;acceleratedremediation

3. Helpstudentsstayonpath– Supportstudentsthroughastrongadvising process– Embedacademicandnon-academicsupports

4. Ensurestudentsarelearning– Establishprogram-levellearningoutcomes– Integrateinternships,&appliedlearningexperiences– Ensureeffectiveteachingpractices

PredictiveAnalyticsandData

Gather data and generate insights into learners’ activity

DoIreallybelonghere?

DoIhavewhatittakes?

Translator Coach Guide

CulturalNavigatorsCanHelp

“Individualswhostrivetohelpstudentsmovesuccessfullythrougheducationandlife”

(Strayhorn,2015)

Studentsmustbuildsupportiveconnections

withotherstofindasenseofbelonging

EnteringstudentsatUTAustinreceived

growthmindsetintervention

Intervention

• Readmessageabout

workinghard,using

resources,fromsuccessful

UTAustinstudents

• “IthoughtIwastheonly

onewhostruggled.”

• “Iwasshockedathow

hardIhadtowork.”

Outcome

üMorelikelytocompleteafullloadofcourses,andeffectwasstrongeramongat-riskstudents.

üStudentsreporteduseofservices,feelingsupported

NudgestoInfluenceSuccessBehavior

• Automatedtextmsgsremindstudentsofdeadlines(aid,registration)positivelyinfluenceenrollment&retention

• Academiccoachcalls“atrisk”studentstoadviseonstudystrategies,timemanagementforupcomingexams

Helping the Poor in Education: The Power of a Simple NudgeBy SUSAN DYNARSKI JAN. 17, 2015

WeKnowALotAbout

WhatIncreasesStudent

Success

PAUSEforreflection:Doyouagreewe

knowalot?Whatisgettinginthewayof

makinggreaterprogressforstudent

success?

“Know-What”

Challenges

• Unevenapplicationacrossinstitutions&amongstudents

• Lackofintegrationacrossefforts

• Expansionofdiscrete,disconnectedprograms

• Leaptoimplementbeforedevelopingaclearsenseoftheproblem,ortheuniqueaspectofthecontext

ToMakeGreaterStridesto

ImproveStudentSuccess

• Re-examineassumptionsabout

improvingstudentsuccess

• Whatisourtheory

about“how”to

achievethegoal?

StudentSuccessStakeholderViewsEngagementin

High-Quality

Experiences

Ontime

completion

Studentsuccess

Supportfor

Underserved

Students

NoGrad

RateGaps

SharedPropositionsabout

StudentSuccess…

1.Successbeginsbeforestudentsentercollege

2.Morethangraduationorcompletion

3.Everyone– family,community,K-12,allmembersofthe

campus,particularlyfaculty– mustbecommittedtostudent

successprinciples&practices

4.Somepractices– highexpectations,first-year

experience,feedback,respectfordiversity,activeand

appliedlearning,student-facultyinteraction,among

others– shouldbeintentionallyimplemented,integratedandofhighquality,everywhere5.Totallearningenvironment– context&culture– matter

(Edgier)SharedPropositionsabout

StudentSuccess…cont’d6.Creditingstudentsuccesstoinstitutions&lackofsuccesstoindividualstudents,mustcease

7.Precursors tostudentsuccessrategaps(race-ethnicity,gender,first-generationetc.,)mustbebetterunderstoodandproximalcausesredressed

8.Keyfactorsinfosteringequitableoutcomesaretheextenttowhichprogram/practiceisbasedinempiricalresearch,andisimplementedwell

9.Addressstudentsuccessinholisticways,accountingformentalhealth,food&housinginsecurities,financialstress,racistincidents,andothercontemporarystudentrealities

NeedaTheoryofHow,or

More“Know-How”

Today’sagendaforstudentsuccessneedsabetterrepresentationofthehow ofstudentsuccess-- aconceptualstructurethatoffersacomprehensiverepresentationofthekeystructuralcomponentsforstudentsuccess,emphasizinghow studentsuccesswillbeachieved.

DriverDiagram:atoolforbuildingand

testingtheoriesforimprovement

Developmentofacomprehensive,integrated

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Implementationofliterature-informed,

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Applicationofclearpathwaysforstudent

learning&success

Enactmentofastudentsuccessmindset

Enactmentofculturalsystemofstudent

success

Developmentofacomprehensive,

integratedapproachtostudentsuccess.Anintegratedapproachrequirestheidentificationandeliminationofscattershot,isolated,orboutiqueprogramsforstudentsuccessandbringingtogetherstakeholdersandeffortstoensurecollaboration,andwherenecessary,specialprogramsforunderservedstudents.

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Enactmentofculturalsystemofstudent

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AddressShortcomingstoMobilize

HigherEducationforStudentSuccess• asuccessnarrativethattooeasilyblamesstudents,

• conceptionsofstudentsuccessthatfocustoonarrowlyoncompletion,withoutequalattentiontoeducationalquality,

• adeficiencyofillustrationsofequity-mindedpractices,and

• pilingonsolutionsinsteadofimplementingproblem-focused,integrated,improvement-orientedstrategies.

JillianKinzie,PhD.,NSSEInstituteIndianaUniversityCenterforPostsecondaryResearch,jikinzie@indiana.edu

ThankYou.Knowwhatstudentsuccessresearchissalient,howtoimplement,andmonitor&learnfromlocalresearchonwhatmakesadifference