Keep Students in College with a Comprehensive Student

Success Course

Dr. Marsha Fralick

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Overview

• Program description• Program results• Key elements

• Course Credit• Career planning• Learning style• Technology

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

How can we help college students be successful?

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Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, CA

Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success

• 8000 students enrolled in college

• 1600 take PDC 124 each year

• One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college

• 56 sections a year

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

Course Choices

• Face to Face• 22 sections

• Blended • 22 sections

• Online• 12 sections

College Success Course

• 3 units• Transfers to four year universities• One of the top 15 revenue

producing programs in the college

Key to Success: Make it Count

• Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E, Lifelong Understanding

• Transfers to University of California

The Transfer Approval Process• Academic Rigor

• Broad ScopeCareersLifelong Success

• Articulate with Universities

Bridge

High School

Community College

University

Program Results

Program Review 2000, 2005

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!

Keys to Success

• The program helps students to make a good choice of a major and career.

College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative

Attrition

Community College Review

The Successful Student

• Had a definite goal or college major

Based on this research, choosing a major and career planning was included in our college success course.

How did you choose your major?

Career?

How to Choose a Major

• Self Assessment• Personality• Interests• Values• Learning Style

• Career Research

• 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• Use technology to make education

engaging and inescapable.

New Millennials

• Our current college students• Most were born since 1990• Most were born with a computer in the

home and were using them by age 5 • Cyber generation• The connected generation • 82% are online daily• Average 12 hours per week online

Where are you in the technology continuum?

• Baby boomer 1946-1964• Generation X 1965-1977• New Millennials 1977-1995• How much technology did you use

in college?

Rationale for Using Technology• Your students use it• It captures their attention• Education on demand

Any time or place• Increased access• New roles for faculty

Using Technology

• Online career and learning style assessment

• E-text

• Online portfolio

Technology helps guide students through the critical first two weeks

• Make sure all students have started

• Monitor progress from the beginning

• Engaging material for the New Millennial Generation

Take a Look

Resources for Faculty

• Instructor Manual• Exercises and Handouts

• Syllabus• Research• PowerPoint• Internet Links

www.collegesuccess1.com

• Questions?

• Evaluation forms