Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding through Guided Pathways. Part 2 : Student Perspectives on Reformed Practices at Two Florida Colleges / Elizabeth Kopko and Sarah Griffin.
Until recently, most community colleges have done little through the new student onboarding process to help entering students explore academic and career interests, choose a program of study aligned to their interests, and develop a plan for completing such a program. This has been the case even tho...
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| Summary: | Until recently, most community colleges have done little through the new student onboarding process to help entering students explore academic and career interests, choose a program of study aligned to their interests, and develop a plan for completing such a program. This has been the case even though many students start college without clear goals or even a good sense of how academic programs are connected to particular career areas. This is Part 2 of a three-part packet designed to provide guidance to colleges seeking to redesign their new student onboarding practices. Part 1 of the packet reviews research on why the conventional community college approach to new student onboarding is often unsuccessful in helping students choose and plan a program; it also describes how some colleges are rethinking the onboarding process as part of larger guided pathways reforms. This second part summarizes students' experiences with, and reactions to, the onboarding process as it occurs at two Florida community colleges that have redesigned their onboarding practices for degree-seeking students: Indian River State College (IRSC) and St. Petersburg College (SPC). The authors organize the discussion around three key onboarding goals: helping students to (1) explore interests and programs of study; (2) gain experiences in a program so as to gain confidence in their selected pathway; and (3) engage in academic and career planning so as to understand the best route to program completion. Part 3 of the packet provides exercises to help colleges plan an onboarding redesign. [For "Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding through Guided Pathways. Part 1: Rethinking New Student Onboarding," see ED604992. Part 3 is not available in ERIC. For Part 3 visit https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/redesigning-community-college-onboarding-guided-pathways.html.] |
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| Item Description: | Availability: Community College Research Center. Available from: CCRC Publications. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 174, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; Fax: 212-678-3699; e-mail: ccrc@columbia.edu; Web site: http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/. Sponsoring Agency: JP Morgan Chase Foundation. Abstractor: ERIC. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education. Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges. |
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