A College Success Course for the New Millennial Generation Susie Wood and Marsha Fralick

 Author of CollegeScope TM 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 of Cuyamaca College Dr. Marsha Fralick

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

 Characteristics of the New Millennial Generation  Using technology to engage New Millennials  Keys to Success  Demo of CollegeScope  Retention results Overview

Going Green! All handouts are located at:

Who are the 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 New Millennials

Use Technology to Connect  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)

E What does the “E” stand for? These New Millennial students are now being called Generation E

New Millennials or Generation E  years old  Empowered  Entitled  Electronic o Leading change from paper to electronic media

 Where are you?  Baby boomer ( )  Generation X ( )  New Millennials ( )  How much technology did you use in college? Technology Continuum

 Hippies  Yuppies  Zippies What Comes Next?

 Use technology to make education engaging and inescapable Keys to Success

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

 Most college courses, especially upper division courses, have online components  Working in an online environment is essential for high paying careers  Students are disadvantaged if they do not have access to the Internet and are skilled in using it Technology

 Improves retention and success  New roles for faculty  Your students use it  It captures their attention  Education any time or place Rationale for Using Technology

 Comprehensive curriculum Keys to Success

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

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

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

 Make it Count  Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E, Lifelong Understanding  Transfers to University of California  3 units Key to Success

 The program helps students to make a good choice of a major and career Keys to Success

Personality  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

 Measures preferences in 20 areas: o Perceptual o Environmental o Emotional o Sociological o Physical Learning Style

 Foundation for personal and career development based on: Personality type Learning style Multiple intelligences Interests Values Strength-Based

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

Encourages Self-Responsibility  Making a good career choice  Developing an educational plan  Setting goals  Managing time to reach goals

 Positive thinking  Hope for the future  Future-mindedness Emphasis

 College Success 1  Training in person or online Resources and Training

CollegeScope Demo Take a Look

Results  Implementing CollegeScope resulted in a 26% increase in fall to spring persistence!

CollegePersistence rate of all Student Types Persistence rate of CollegeScope students CyFair79%94% Kingwood67%82% Montgomery77%88% North Harris81%90% Tomball70%82% System Average75%87% Results

 College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative Attrition

Had a definite goal or college major Based on this research, choosing a major and career planning was included in our college success course The Successful Student

 Sign up for a free demo  Questions  Evaluation forms Next Steps

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