A College Success Course for the New Millennial Generation
Susie Wood and Marsha Fralick
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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
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Ice Breaker Introduce yourself and tell where you work. What
motivated you to attend this presentation?
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Characteristics of the New Millennial Generation Using
technology to engage New Millennials Keys to Success Demo of
CollegeScope Retention results Overview
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http://www.collegesuccess1.com/Conferences.htm Going Green! All
handouts are located at:
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Who are the New Millennials?
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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
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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)
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E What does the E stand for? These New Millennial students are
now being called Generation E
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New Millennials or Generation E 18-30 years old Empowered
Entitled Electronic o Leading change from paper to electronic
media
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Where are you? Baby boomer (1946-1964) Generation X (1965-1977)
New Millennials (1977-1995) How much technology did you use in
college? Technology Continuum
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Hippies Yuppies Zippies What Comes Next?
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Use technology to make education engaging and inescapable Keys
to Success
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Online career and learning style assessment E-text Online
portfolio Engaging material for the New Millennial generation Using
Technology
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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
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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
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Comprehensive curriculum Keys to Success
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Personality and Related Majors Learning Style and Intelligence
Interests and Values Career and Educational Planning Career
Success
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Motivation Time and Money Memory and Reading Test Taking Taking
Notes, Writing and Speaking College Success
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Communication and Relationships Critical and Creative Thinking
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Appreciating Diversity Positive
Thinking Life Stages Lifelong Success
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Make it Count Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E,
Lifelong Understanding Transfers to University of California 3
units Key to Success
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The program helps students to make a good choice of a major and
career Keys to Success
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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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Measures preferences in 20 areas: o Perceptual o Environmental
o Emotional o Sociological o Physical Learning Style
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Foundation for personal and career development based on:
Personality type Learning style Multiple intelligences Interests
Values Strength-Based
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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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Positive thinking Hope for the future Future-mindedness
Emphasis
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College Success 1 www.collegesuccess1.com Training in person or
online Resources and Training
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CollegeScope Demo Take a Look
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Results Implementing CollegeScope resulted in a 26% increase in
fall to spring persistence!
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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
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College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative
Attrition
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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
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