Keys to Student Success and Retention

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Keys to Student Success and Retention

• Darryl L. Johnston Dr. Marsha Fralick

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Dr. Marsha Fralick

• Author of CollegeScopeTM Student Success Program
• Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award recipient
• Published numerous research articles
• Community College Review
• National Resource Center for the First-Year
  Experience Students in Transition Monograph
  Series
• Received the California Community Colleges Board
  of Governors Exemplary Program Award
• Founding faculty member of Cuyamaca College

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Ice Breaker

• Introduce yourself and tell where you work.
• What motivated you to attend this presentation?

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CollegeScope Overview

• Research
• Key Features
• Quick Tours
• Student View
• Faculty View

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Noteworthy Results

• Implementing CollegeScope on college campuses
  has resulted in a 26 increase in persistence
  rates!
• 87 of students had chosen a major by the end of
  the course
• 62 of students reported more confidence in their
  academic skills
• 88 of students rated the course as good or very
  good

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Results
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• College Success A Study of Positive and Negative
  Attrition

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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

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Job Jar Activity
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Keys to Success

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

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Personality

• Carl Jung and personality type
• Online

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Keys to Success

• The program helps students to understand their
  learning style and how to become a lifelong
  learner

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Learning Style

• Measures preferences in 20 areas
• Perceptual
• Environmental
• Emotional
• Sociological
• Physical

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20 Learning Style Factors

• Perceptual
• Auditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactual
• Environmental
• Sound, light, heat, design
• Physical
• Time of day, food, mobility

• Emotional
• Motivation, responsibility, persistence,
  structure
• Sociological
• Self, peer or adult oriented

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Learning Strategies for Your Style
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Personalized for Each Student

• Based on personality and learning style
• Refers to the student by their name
• This is not possible in a printed text

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Keys to Success

• Comprehensive curriculum

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Career Success

• Personality and Related Majors
• Learning Style and Intelligence
• Interests and Values
• Career and Educational Planning

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College Success

• Motivation
• Time and Money
• Memory and Reading
• Test Taking
• Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking

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Lifelong Success

• Communication and Relationships
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
• Appreciating Diversity
• Positive Thinking
• Life Stages

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Strength-Based

• Foundation for personal and career development
  based on
• Personality type
• Learning style
• Multiple intelligences
• Interests
• Values

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Motivation

• Students are motivated to complete their
  education when they have made a good choice of a
  major and career based on their personal
  strengths

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Encourages Self-Responsibility

• Making a good career choice
• Developing an educational plan
• Setting goals
• Managing time to reach goals

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Emphasis

• Positive thinking
• Hope for the future
• Future-mindedness

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Keys to Success

• Use technology to make education engaging and
  inescapable

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Technology for the New Millennial Generation
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New Millennials

• Our current college students were born after 1992
• Most were born with a computer in the home and
  were using them by age 5
• The connected generation
• 82 are online daily
• Average 12 hours per week online

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Connect with Technology

• 50 send or receive a text message daily
• 29 use instant messages daily
• 44 have a profile on Facebook or MySpace and 38
  use them daily
• (from Pew Research)

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Using Technology

• Online career and learning style assessment
• E-text
• Online portfolio
• Engaging material for the New Millennial
  generation

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Resources and Training

• Faculty Resources
• Instructor manual
• Videos
• Internet links
• And much more!
• www.collegesuccess1.com

• Training
• In person and on-site
• Online through webinars

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Quick Tour

• Sample Student Portfolio

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Quick Tour

• Sample Faculty Portfolio

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Next Steps

• Sign up for a free demo
• Questions
• Evaluation forms

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Thank you