A New Day Dawning
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A New Day DawningCreating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-
curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success
A New Day Dawning: Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-Curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success
▪ How Are Students Supported?
▪ What Matters in Student Life?
▪ Helping Students Make a Personal Investment in Their Success
▪ What We Can Do?
Category Strategies
Sorting “Best-Fit” admissionsEntry assessment and placement Program/course planningEarly warning/academic alert
Supporting Child careFinancial aidHealth and wellness programsSecurity and transportation
Connecting Student activities, student groupsPeer programsOrientationFaculty/student “events”Attendance policyFaculty advisors, mentorsWork study
Transforming Learning assistance, tutoringRemedial educationCounseling about goals, careers
How We Help Students - Sorting, Supporting, Connecting and Transforming
What Matters in Student Life
To advance the success of two-year institutions, there is a need for quick and easy access to data that describe the progress and success of community college students. The Completion Arch is a comprehensive framework that spans the wide range of community college student endeavors - from enrollment to college completion to career readiness. It provides centrally organized statistics on the progress of students and the role that community colleges play in addressing the nation's need for a well-educated workforce.
The nature and frequency of interactions with faculty members
Involvement with peers from diverse backgrounds
Use of campus learning resources and opportunities
Satisfaction with college
The nature of college learning environments
Personal Investment By StudentsTo be personally invested is to be involved,
motivated, persistent, engaged in activities, intense and intensive, and have patterns of behavior that are noticeable to others.
Students are personally invested when they use there time, talents, gifts and energy to achieve something whether inside or outside of the classroom.
Students make choices about where to spend their time and what to become engaged in depending on the meaning these activities have for them.
Engaging Students to Make a Personal Investment
Patterns of Behavior
Engagement InvolvementProductivity
Socio-cultural Environment
CultureCurriculum
Co-curriculumCommunities
Sense of SelfSense of Purpose
Personal GoalsPerceived
Opportunities
What Can We Do?Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, Community
▪ Culture - Mission has to be reality not rhetoricSense of purposeCollege prioritiesValue added
▪ Curriculum and Co-Curriculum - Learning and development have to be integrated
Create a curriculum and co-curriculum that jointly highlights both learning and development. (i.e. Service Learning)
▪ Community - The campus community must foster support and challenge
Mentoring communityConsider Community and Diversity as Complementary