A College Success Course for the New Millennial Generation

Dr. Marsha Fralick

Ice BreakerThink, Pair, Share

Introduce yourself.

Where are you from?

If I were to visit your city, what is one place I should make sure to see?

Overview• Characteristics of the New Millennial

Generation• Using technology to engage New

Millennials• Retention results• Example: College Success at Cuyamaca

College

Going Green! All handouts are located at: http://www.collegesuccess1.com/Conferences.htm

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

Some Facts from Pew Research

• They are generally happy with their lives and optimistic about the future

• Unique appearance54% have tattoos, hair dyed an unnatural color

or body piercings other than ear lobes• Their top goals are fame and fortune

Use Technology to Connect

• 50% send or receive a text message daily• 29% use instant messages daily• 44% have a profile on Facebook or My

Space and 38% use them daily

Maintain Close Contact with Family

• 82% talked with a parent yesterday• 45% speak by phone with parents daily• 75% say parents helped them financially in

the last year• 64% got help from parents to run errands,

help with housework or home repairs in the last year

Technology: The Good

• Makes people more efficient• Makes you closer to friends and family• Makes it easier to make new friends

What is the bad?

Technology: The Bad

What did this group report to Pew research?• Makes people lazier (84%)• Makes people more isolated (67%)• Makes people waste time (67%)

These New Millennial students are now being called Generation E

• What does the “E” stand for?

New Millennials or Generation E

• 18-30 years old

• Empowered

• Entitled

• Electronic– Leading change from paper to electronic

media

Being in the Millennial Generation, I did start using computers as a young child. I learned how to spell with the help of computers and how to read

with computerized books. Computers have always been a part of my life,

which is probably why I am so drawn to them.

Dawn CardenasCollege Success Student

Introduce yourself. Where are you in the

technology continuum?• Baby boomer 1946-1964• Generation X 1965-1977• New Millennials 1977-1995• How much technology did you use in

college?

Why is the world flat?

Three Great Eras of Globalization

• 1492 Columbus set sail to find new trade routes– the earth is round

• 1880-2000 Industrial Revolution– Railways, highways and communication

makes the world smaller

Globalization 3.0

• Began in 2000• Convergence of the computer and fiber

optic cable that enables global collaboration and competition

• The flat world

Rapid Change

• Berlin Wall fell in 1990• World Wide Web created in 1991• Windows, Netscape and Internet Explorer

invented 1995• Google invented 1998• iPhone invented 2007

Skills Needed for the Flat World

• Reading• Computer skills• Math • Science• Learn how to learn• Intrinsic motivation• People skills

• Passion and curiosity• Being able to navigate

the virtual world• Be a good adapter,

synthesizer and collaborator

• Appreciation of diversity

What Comes Next?

Hippies

Yuppies

Zippies

How can we help New Millennial college students be successful?

• Think• Pair• Share

A College Success Course for the New Millennial Generation

Keys to Success

• Use technology to make education engaging and inescapable.

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

Rationale for Using Technology

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

Using Technology

• Online career and learning style assessment

• E-text• Online portfolio • Engaging material for the New Millennial

generation

Take a Look

Results: Cuyamaca Community College

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

Results: Lone Star College System

CollegePersistence rate of all

Student TypesPersistence rate of

CollegeScope students

LSC – CyFair 79% 94%

LSC – Kingwood 67% 82%

LSC –Montgomery 77% 88%

LSC – North Harris 81% 90%

LSC – Tomball 70% 82%

System Average 75% 87%

College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative Attrition

Community College Review

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.

Keys to Success

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

How did you choose your major?

Career?

• Carl Jung and personality type

Online:

Key to Success: Make it Count

• Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E, Lifelong Understanding

• Transfers to University of California• 3 units

Keys to Success• The program helps students to

understand their learning style and how to become a lifelong learner.

The PEPS Learning Style Assessment

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

Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, CA

Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success

• 8000 students enrolled in college

• 1600 take PDC 124 each year

• One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college

• 56 sections a year

College Success

MotivationTime and MoneyMemory and ReadingTest TakingTaking Notes, Writing and Speaking

Career Success

Personality and Related MajorsLearning Style and IntelligenceInterests and ValuesCareer and Educational Planning

Lifelong Success

Communication and RelationshipsCritical and Creative ThinkingMaintaining a Healthy LifestyleAppreciating DiversityPositive ThinkingLife Stages

Course Choices

• Face to Face– 22 sections

• Blended – 22 sections

• Online– 12 sections

Bridge

High School

Community College

University

Resources for Faculty

• Instructor Manual– Exercises and Handouts

• Syllabus• Research• PowerPoint• Internet Links

www.collegesuccess1.com

• Questions?

• Evaluation forms