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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 on-

campus resources • College success courses help

students achieve their goals.

From Community College Research CenterCCRC Brief

America’s Perfect Storm

Large numbers of students lack literacy skills, especially disadvantaged minorities.

Technological innovation and globalization have changed the world of work. Higher levels of education equal higher pay.

The population is becoming older and more diverse. Most new growth from immigrants with lower skills..

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 CollegeEl 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 Semester5 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

• Instructor Manual• Exercises and Handouts

• Syllabus• Research• PowerPoint• Internet Links

www.collegesuccess1.com

• Questions?

• Evaluation forms