www.educationalpolicy.org Improving Educational Policy & Practice Through Research Creating a Learning College Culture with Student-Based Data Retaining Students in Higher Education: A Framework for Improvement Vail, Colorado June 15-17, 2005 www.educationalpolicy.org Improving Educational Policy & Practice Through Research Creating a Learning College Culture • The Learning College Concept – Basic Questions • Student-Based Data: – Student characteristics, the first-year experience & educational outcomes • Leveraging the Knowledge – Student integration, faculty recruitment, professional development, quality assurance, institutional culture, organizational change • Decision Support Systems – The Freshman Integration & Tracking System
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Improving Educational Policy & Practice Through Research
Creating a Learning College Culture with Student-Based
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Retaining Students in Higher Education:A Framework for Improvement
Vail, ColoradoJune 15-17, 2005
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Creating a Learning College Culture
• The Learning College Concept– Basic Questions
• Student-Based Data: – Student characteristics, the first-year experience &
• First-Year Experience– Academic and social integration
• Outcome Profiles– Etiology of first-year outcomes
• Learning Pathways– Identifying barriers to learning– Identifying intervention strategies
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THE FACE OF STUDENT DIVERSITY
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LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS AT ENTRY: DIVERSITY
• Needs– Financial, learning skills, child care, career guidance
etc.• Abilities
– Literacy, numeracy, computer skills• Attitudes
– Confidence, preference for f-t work, value of PSE• Behaviours
– Study habits– Class attendance habits– Homework completion habits– P-T work commitments
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CAREER GUIDANCE NEEDS
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CAREER UNCERTAINTY
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CAREER UNCERTAINTY BY AGE
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RESEARCH ON THE FIRST YEAR:Student Characteristics, Experiences,
Attitudes and Outcomes
Findings From Two Decades of Research
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Outcomes Typology for the First-Year of College
Registration Status
Persist Leave
Pass
Failed Persister Failed LeaverFail
SuccessfulPersister
SuccessfulLeaver
Grade Performance
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Outcome Group Profiles at College Entry
SuccessfulLeavers
Failed Leavers SuccessfulPersisters
Failed Persisters
College Reputation Age % No Dependents
H.S. Average H.S. Study H.S. Attendance
H.S. Homework H.S. Advanced Literacy Skill
Numeracy Skill Skills Need Support Receptivity
Confidence Prefer a Job Career Uncertainty
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Student Experience by Outcome Group
SuccessfulLeaver
Failed Leaver SuccessfulPersister
FailedPersister
Perception of program Final averageCollege academic behaviour H.S. - College ChangeDifficulty in college Peer interactionFaculty interaction Extracurricular activityUse of services
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Mid-Term Attitudes by Outcome Group
SuccessfulLeavers
Failed Leavers SuccessfulPersisters
Failed Persisters
Decrease in Confidence Skills NeedService Receptivity Increase in Career UncertaintyIncrease in Prefer Job Financial ConcernDecrease in Ed Commitment Decrease in Inst CommitmentIntent to Leave
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ATTITUDE CHANGE PROFILES
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Leveraging the Knowledge• Promote Student Involvement/Engagement• Staff Recruitment: Student Diversity• New Staff Orientation, Pro Development• Quality Assurance:
– Barriers to Learning at the Program Level• Institutional Culture
– Learner/Learning centred– Evidence-based decision making
• Organizational Change– Placing learning first
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Promote Student InvolvementandEngagement
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New Staff Recruitment Criteria: Type of Student Diversity
• Human Resources Initiative– Look of advertisements for new staff
– Location of staff recruitment advertisements in newspapers
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Opportunities• Targets Learning Support Services to
Specific Learners• Describes Student First-Year Experience • Identifies Barriers to Learning• An Information System for Decision Making• Creates an Outcomes-Focused Culture
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CONTACT INFORMATIONPeter Dietsche Ph.D.Director, ResearchHumber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning205 Humber College Blvd.Toronto, ON Canada M9W [email protected], x4624
For information on our student success and retention software, the Freshman Integration and Tracking System, visit: http://fit-system.Humber.ca
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