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The Forgotten Class: Connecting with our 2 nd Year Students

Keith Lopez Coordinator, First & Second Year Programs Orientation & Transition Programs. The Forgotten Class: Connecting with our 2 nd Year Students. Welcome!. Our topics today Issues facing second year students National and campus research Unique approaches at CSU.

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The Forgotten Class: Connecting with our 2 nd Year Students

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  1. Keith LopezCoordinator, First & Second Year ProgramsOrientation & Transition Programs The Forgotten Class:Connecting with our 2nd Year Students

  2. Welcome! • Our topics today • Issues facing second year students • National and campus research • Unique approaches at CSU

  3. So… Why 2nd Year Students?

  4. What Is the Issue? The 2nd year is often a time when students feel they do not get the attention and support they received their 1st year. This can lead to the “sophomore slump” This is also an institutional issue– not only a student issue. Institutions are failing to engage 2nd year students in a way that best fits their needs.

  5. Pop Quiz!?Second Year Student Issues (Pattengale, 2000) • Reduced motivation • Declining performance • “Newness” has worn off • Intensified curriculum • Choosing a major or career • Reality hits • Feeling of institution not as supportive as 1st year • Move off campus, feel less connected • Peer issues • Identity issues

  6. What Makes 2nd Year Students Unique? • Establishing themselves as individuals • Declaring a major by 60 credits! • Securing ideas about their future career • Developing short and long term goals • Working on academics with harder classes • Missing "frontload" of their 1st year while still trying to make connections on campus

  7. Research on 2nd Year Students • Freedman (1956) and “Sophomore Slump” • Common characteristics • Feel lost, unmotivated and disconnected • Dissatisfaction with resources • Transitions in identity and peer groups • Explorations in purpose and major/career decisions • Core is efficacy, engagement and commitment Hunter et al., 2010, Tobolowsky, 2008, Schaller, 2005, Schreiner & Pattengale, 2000

  8. Research on 2nd Year Needs • Tobolowsky (2008) and 2005 national survey • Creating a sense of community • Fostering social engagement • Facilitating faculty-student interaction • Encouraging major and career exploration • Promoting academic engagement and leadership • Schreiner (2009) • Impact of campus experience and peer groups

  9. CSU Research on Year 2 • Second Year Research Project- Demographic & Academic Analysis (Fall 2006 1st year students) • Retention of 1st year students to a 2nd year • Your First College Year Survey • Campus Climate Survey

  10. CSU Research on Year 2 • Orientation Benchmarking Survey • Best practices for study skills fairs, student success conferences and second year programming • Individual Meetings with colleagues across campus

  11. SYE Survey @ CSU in 2011 • Thriving Quotient: • Engaged Learning & Academic Motivation = • Connection  • Diverse citizenship  • Psychological Sense of Community: • Sense of belonging and friendships  • Campus pride and sense of community (Nat’l = 5,138; CSU = 478)

  12. SYE Survey @ CSU in 2011 • Faculty-Student Interaction Items: • Meeting frequency and content with Faculty contacts = • Meeting frequency and content with Advisor contacts • Satisfaction Items: • Living situations, physical health, money paid for college = • Quality of faculty interactions (14.3% to 15.8%)  • Amount learning in college and contact with faculty • Community service involvement (55.1% to 44.2%)  • Academic advising received (62.1% to 53.3%)  • Overall campus experiences (77.3% to 66.6%) 

  13. What Our Students Say • Keeping up in all my classes, getting involved, making friends, talking to professors outside of class, feeling like I belong. • Adjusting to the increase in difficulty in my classes, and adjusting to living with roommates off campus. • Figuring when to start thinking about graduation and life after college. Do I start searching now, next year, or in two years? • Balancing finances, school, work, and friends. They all seem to not have time for each other and it makes you make some big choices. • Hard to make the same great friendship after moving out of the dorms. • Motivation. Finding out your major and career goals. • Time management and still being able to find a way to be involved on campus while living off campus. • Maintaining the enthusiasm I had when I first got here, personal issues, a lot more stress, more thinking about the future.

  14. Best Practices from 382 Institutions • Top 3 • Career Planning 74.2% • Programs to Assist with Selection of Major 65.3% • Academic Advising 61.0% • Lowest 3 • Curricular Learning Communities 17.7% • Publications for Sophomores 16.8% • Peer Mentoring for Sophomores 15.4% 2005 National Survey on Sophomore Initiatives National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition by Bradley E. Cox & Barbara F. Tobolowsky (2008)

  15. Orientation & Transition Programs • First-Year Programs • Getting to Year 2 @ CSU Conference • Second-Year Programs • Year 2 @ CSU: Second Year Program • Year 2 @ CSU Board • Alternative Spring Break • Academic Transition Workshops • Outdoor Experiences • CSU! True Faculty Story Dinner Series • Online Event Calendar for Second Year Students • Monthly E-Newsletter to Second Year Students

  16. Orientation & Transition Programs • Future Programs • Year 2 Mountain Experience Retreat w/ PingreePark • Traditions Program (Connected to Credit Completion) • Expanded Outdoor Experience Opportunities • Partnership with the Career Center • Re-envision of Second Year Student Welcome Back event • Enhance online resources/info for second year students

  17. Key Plus 2nd Year Community • Career Development • Leadership Development • Supportive Diverse Community

  18. The Focus of Key Plus • Purpose: Understanding who I am • Self assessments, value and identity exercises • Portfolios and reflection assignments • Decision-Making: Where I am going • Mentoring on academic/career planning • Study skills, time management and leadership workshops • Belonging: Learning how I fit in • Service learning and experiential opportunities • Community engagement activities

  19. Key Plus 2nd Year Community • For more information on Key Plus contact: Jessica Klingsmith Assistant Director, Key CommunitiesCoordinator, Key Plus jessica.klingsmith@colostate.edu

  20. What We Are Telling 2nd Year Students • Celebrate • Reflect • Explore • Commit

  21. Reflection Questions for Year 2 • Help students explore these questions: A. Who am I? B. Where am I going? C. What do I need to do to get there?

  22. For More Information.. Keith Lopez Coordinator, First & Second Year Programs Colorado State University keith.lopez@colostate.edu (970) 491-6011 www.otp.colostate.edu Click on “Second Year”

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