Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - -
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Working with Todays Students: Keeping Them on Track
Betsy Barefoot, EdD40th Anniversary AIHEC ConferenceAugust 9, 2013Santa Fe, New Mexico
Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - -
What We ShareA belief in the value of higher education
From High School to and through College
Some students ride an express trainthrough college in and out in two or four years.Many students are on a much slower train that makes lots of stops orsometimes gets derailed.Helping Students Maintain their MomentumThe Twenty-Hour RuleBachelors degree earners by 2000 who graduated from high school in 1992
Of students who earned 15 19 credits hours in the first calendar year, 35% earned bachelors degrees.
Of students who earned 20 or more credit hours in the first calendar year, 78% earned bachelors degrees.
Source: NCES: NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Transcript Files
Bachelors degree earners in 2000 by number of credits earned in summer terms (1992 h.s. grads) Race/ethnicityNo credits1 4 credits> 4 creditsAll56.2%68.1%79.7%White59.8%74.2%82.2%Af.Amer21.2%42.5%78.2%Latino48.6%28.3%56.4%Asian66.8%70.0%77.9%Source: NCES: NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Transcript FilesStudents Who Stay on TrackHigher-level socioeconomic statusStrong pre-college preparationFemalesFull-time studentsStudents who work no more than 20 hours/weekStudents who have a regular high school diploma
Students Who Get Off Track
Lower socioeconomic statusPoor pre-college preparationMalesStudents who work full-timeStudents with a GEDFirst-generation studentsStudents whose lives are pressured and filled with distractions
Students Who Get Off TrackDevelopmental students
Making slow progress
Never seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
Look to the Right, Look to the Left
SeparationAdaptable Best PracticesSubstantive OrientationSummer Bridge ProgramsFirst-Year SeminarsLearning Communities Service LearningIntrusive Advisingand many others
Where Are We Heading: Trends that Will Affect Higher Education
Rethinking Developmental Education
Remedial education is the Bermuda triangle of college education. Too many students go there never to be seen again. (Complete College America website) Alternatives to developmental education. See http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu Dual Enrollment/Early CollegeHelping students attain college credits as quickly as possible.
Tightening the Rules and RegulationsNo late entry
Must participate in orientation
Must take a first-year seminar
Must attend class
Must follow the educational path we set for you
TransferCurrently 1/3 of all students (nearly 2.8 million) will transfer during the undergraduate years.
Vertical transferLateral transferTransfer in reverseTaking courses from more than one higher education institution at the same time
Increased Use of AdjunctsReasonsLower costPractical expertise of adjunctsAvailability
Overusing adjuncts can have a negative impact on retention
TechnologySocial media
Smart phones
Online courses
Critical Juncture, Defining Moment, Crossroads
To collegeTo a menial jobTo droppingout of highschoolTo drug addiction or prisonBe Alert for These Critical Junctures that Can Derail Your Students Progress When statements are made that predict failure, or success, in collegeWhen college expectations are set for students and familiesWhen students make a decision to attend college for reasons unrelated to educationPlacement exams; placement into provisional or developmental status.Major selectionEnd of term academic disappointment (probation)Critical Junctures in Social/Personal LifeElimination from an athletic teamRomantic breakupOther forms of rejectionPersonal or family problems (divorce, mental or physical illness, financial reversal, pregnancy)
Providing Help
Finding the balance between too much and too little assistance for students
The Purpose of Higher Education at Your InstitutionHow will your students be different when they leave your college or university?
What will you add to the knowledge they already have?
Engaged CitizenshipStanding for social justiceAdvocating for marginal individuals and communitiesSpeaking out rather than remaining silentEntering the political arenaOwning their individual and collective powerYour Comments or QuestionsBetsy Barefoot, EdDVice President & Senior ScholarGardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate [email protected] Information