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College Retention Efforts and Engaging Alumni

College Retention Efforts and Engaging Alumni. 4th Annual Postsecondary & Career Education Conference. Karl Reid, Moderator (Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Member Engagement, UNCF) Panelists:

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College Retention Efforts and Engaging Alumni

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  1. College Retention Efforts and Engaging Alumni 4th Annual Postsecondary & Career Education Conference • Karl Reid, Moderator (Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Member Engagement, UNCF) • Panelists: • Kya Dixon (Senior Program Officer of College Programs, the College Success Foundation) • Ashref Elshazli (Alumni Affairs Coordinator, Friendship Collegiate Academy) • Sirwalter Hemphill (Management Analyst, OSSE) • Emma Levine (Alumni Program Manager and Associate College Counselor, Thurgood Marshall Academy)

  2. A Chronic Pipeline Crisis Exists

  3. Low-income studentsFurther defining the college-completion challenge <10% of students from low-income families graduate from college by their mid-20s

  4. There Are Numerous Contributing FactorsCertain academically disabling factors compound with each educational level

  5. Establishing an Ecosystem for Achievement Environment (Culture) • Affirmation • Academic rigor (within Zone of Proximal Development) • Rewards/Punishment • Faculty/Teacher integration • Peer integration (posse’s) Self-Efficacy “I Can” Motivation • Confidence • Mindset • Attribution • Resilience Identity Behavior • Racial, gender, sexual orientation • “To be Popular or Smart” • Cultural Fluency • “Habits of Mind” • Deliberate Practice • Self-explanation • Reading comprehension • Utilizing study groups STEM4All Planning Group Karl W. Reid, Ed.D. 1.3.14 Adapted from Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.

  6. College Retention Efforts and Engaging Alumni 4th Annual Post-Secondary & Career Education Conference • Karl Reid, Moderator (Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Member Engagement, UNCF) • Panelists: • Kya Dixon (Senior Program Officer of College Programs, the College Success Foundation) • Ashref Elshazli (Alumni Affairs Coordinator, Friendship Collegiate Academy) • Sirwalter Hemphill (Management Analyst, OSSE) • Emma Levine (Alumni Program Manager and Associate College Counselor, Thurgood Marshall Academy)

  7. FindingsWhat Matters for High-Achieving Black Males in College? • They had high confidence in their academic ability • They had strong relationships with faculty • They were more socially integrated in the campus community • They possessed a strong "internalized" racial identity “The way a student perceives and responds to events in the college setting will differentiate his or her college experience and shape his or her outcomes.” W. R. Allen

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