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Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - -

Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - - . Betsy Barefoot, EdD 40 th Anniversary AIHEC Conference August 9, 2013 Santa Fe, New Mexico. What We Share. A belief in the value of higher education. From High School to and through College.

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Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - -

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  1. Helping New Students Along Their Higher Education Journey: - - - Keeping Them on Track - - - Betsy Barefoot, EdD 40th Anniversary AIHEC Conference August 9, 2013 Santa Fe, New Mexico

  2. What We Share • A belief in the value of higher education

  3. From High School to and through College Some students ride an express train through college – in and out in two or four years. Many students are on a much slower train that makes lots of stops or sometimes gets derailed.

  4. Helping Students Maintain their Momentum The Twenty-Hour Rule • Bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s degrees. • Of students who earned 20 or more credit hours in the first calendar year,78% earned bachelor’s degrees. Source: NCES: NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Transcript Files

  5. Bachelor’s degree earners in 2000 by number of credits earned in summer terms (1992 h.s. grads) Source: NCES: NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Transcript Files

  6. Students Who Stay on Track • Higher-level socioeconomic status • Strong pre-college preparation • Females • Full-time students • Students who work no more than 20 hours/week • Students who have a regular high school diploma

  7. Students Who Get Off Track • Lower socioeconomic status • Poor pre-college preparation • Males • Students who work full-time • Students with a GED • First-generation students • Students whose lives are pressured • and filled with distractions

  8. Students Who Get Off Track • Developmental students • Making slow progress • Never seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

  9. “Look to the Right, Look to the Left”

  10. Separation

  11. Adaptable Best Practices • Substantive Orientation • Summer Bridge Programs • First-Year Seminars • Learning Communities • Service Learning • Intrusive Advising • and many others

  12. Where Are We Heading: Trends that Will Affect Higher Education

  13. 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

  14. Dual Enrollment/Early College • Helping students attain college credits as quickly as possible.

  15. Tightening the Rules and Regulations • No late entry • Must participate in orientation • Must take a first-year seminar • Must attend class • Must follow the educational path we set for you

  16. Transfer • Currently 1/3 of all students (nearly 2.8 million) will transfer during the undergraduate years. • Vertical transfer • Lateral transfer • Transfer in reverse • Taking courses from more than one higher education institution at the same time

  17. Increased Use of Adjuncts • Reasons • Lower cost • Practical expertise of adjuncts • Availability • Overusing adjuncts can have a negative impact on retention

  18. Technology • Social media • Smart phones • Online courses

  19. Critical Juncture, Defining Moment, Crossroads To drug addiction or prison To college To dropping out of high school To a menial job

  20. Be Alert for These Critical Junctures that Can Derail Your Students’ Progress • When statements are made that predict failure, or success, in college • When college expectations are set for students and families • When students make a decision to attend college for reasons unrelated to education • Placement exams; placement into provisional or developmental status. • Major selection • End of term academic disappointment (probation)

  21. Critical Junctures in Social/Personal Life • Elimination from an athletic team • Romantic breakup • Other forms of rejection • Personal or family problems (divorce, mental or physical illness, financial reversal, pregnancy)

  22. Providing Help • Finding the balance between too much and too little assistance for students

  23. The Purpose of Higher Education at Your Institution • How will your students be different when they leave your college or university? • What will you add to the knowledge they already have?

  24. Engaged Citizenship • Standing for social justice • Advocating for marginal individuals and communities • Speaking out rather than remaining silent • Entering the political arena • Owning their individual and collective power

  25. Your Comments or Questions

  26. Contact Information Betsy Barefoot, EdD Vice President & Senior Scholar Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education barefoot@jngi.org 828-475-6018

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