Student Challenges

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Students can face quite a few bumps in the road from academic issues, to homesickness, to anxiety, and many other challenges.

For many students this is the first time in their lives where they are living away from family, in charge of their own daily schedules, making decisions, and generally managing their own affairs.

Most students are transitioning from being dependent adolescents into independent adults and have not yet fully developed the key life skills required for success in the college environment.  Colleges and Universities in the U.S. assume students know how to study, how to prioritize, and how to plan.(1) Time and time again this assumption is proven false as even the brightest students become overwhelmed and are unsure of how to ask for help or where to find it.(2,3)

It is these challenges that contribute to low first-year retention and poor on-time degree completion rates. Each year one in three, roughly 30% of first-year students at US baccalaureate institutions do not return for their second year.(4)  Of the students who remain enrolled, only 40% graduate from “four-year” U.S. Colleges and Universities on time while the other 60% of students take six years to earn their degree. (5,6)

Utilizing a Coach ensures that a student has personalized guidance throughout their college career to aid in managing any challenge that may arise or proactively avoiding issues altogether.    While we cannot guarantee good grades and degree completion we can say with absolute certainty that any student in the Degree Coach program will have the advantage of expert counsel, knowledge of resources, and develop the skills to succeed.  We empower students to meet their goals, take advantage of every opportunity, and maximize the college experience.

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FOOTNOTES

  1. Bettinger, E., Baker, R. (2011), The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series. URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w16881
  2. Cathleen L. Smith and Janine M. Allen (2006) Essential Functions of Academic Advising: What Students Want and Get. NACADA Journal: Spring, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 56-66. https://doi.org/10.12930/0271-9517-26.1.56
  3. Lammers, J., William (2017). Why Won’t They Ask Us For Help. Online article published via the Faculty Focus, URL: https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/wont-ask-us-help/
  4. Aulck, L., Velagapudi, N., Blumenstock, J., West, J. (2017). Predicting Student Dropout in Higher Education. arXiv:1606.o6364v4 [stat.ML]. URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.06364.pdf
  5. Schneider, Mark (2010), Finishing the First Lap: The Cost of First-Year Student Attrition in America’s Four-Year Colleges and Universities. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. URL: https://www.air.org/resource/finishing-first-lap-cost-first-year-student-attrition-america-s-four-year-colleges-and
  6. National Center for Education Statistics. URL: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2017/2017084.pdf

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