Postecondary Success

College Success: Chapter 1 is a great recourse for every student whether they are experienced or not. Specifically, descriptions about the best possible choices made to get the most out of your experience are plentiful, and self-assessments are included to evaluate a starting point. If one were to follow the step-by-step advice given, such as overcoming obstacles and enriching your learning experience, it would be close to impossible not to have a great experience at college. The author wasn’t afraid to delve deep into the fact that college is difficult and requires a lot of commitment to follow through. The information given is easily suitable for a wide range of students, including anything from discovering resources many colleges offer,

The U.S. Department of Education’s Digest of Education Statistics (2010) compiles data on educational trends and statistics in the United States. According to the digest, in 2009 African Americans earned about 10 percent of all bachelor degrees awarded. Furthermore, about 20 percent of African Americans currently hold a college degree. When compared to the same rates for the white non-hispanic population, African Americans are largely lagging behind. The challenges that African Americans are facing must be met by post secondary institutions if this group is going to continue on the path of economic and career prosperity. This need is discussed in the report Minorities in Higher Education:

In an increasingly competitive workforce, postsecondary degrees are becoming more and more crucial to finding employment (Valadez, 1998). This highlights the importance of access to college, particularly for traditionally underserved populations in post-secondary higher education. In an effort to make higher education more accessible, higher education practitioners and administrators need to develop strategies to support underserved populations. One such population that practitioners need to keep in mind is first-generation college students. Not only are first-generation students less likely to apply to postsecondary institutions, but they are less likely to persist and graduate (Pike & Kuh, 2005).

Much attention has been given to post-secondary education and its effectiveness in North America. The discourse on the successes and failures of transitions between secondary and post-secondary education has highlighted the issues of student retention and attrition in post-secondary environments (Rosenbaum, 1998). This research therefore explores the distinctions between the education systems of Jamaica and Ontario, looking specifically at standardized testing and structural requirements in preparing students for post-secondary studies.

The number of diverse students entering and graduating from post-secondary institutions is increasing at rapid rates (Education Trust, 2015; Georgetown University Center, 2012). Between the years 2003 and 2013, 77% of public institutions improved graduation rates for underrepresented groups, including African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students (Education Trust, 2015). Despite this increase, there continues to be a graduation gap between underrepresented minority students and White students. Nationally, 42% percent of Black students that enter college will graduate while 62% of White students will graduate (The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 2005). There is a similar graduation gap for college students who are the first in their family to attend college, or first-generation students. Sixty percent of first generation students that enter college will attend college for six years without receiving a bachelor’s degree (Smith, 2012). Historically underrepresented students and first generation students face unique challenges and hardships that can make graduation difficult (Hunter, Laursen & Seymour, 2007; Jett, Curry, & Vernon-Jackson, 2016; Schwartz, 2012). High impact practices such as the Ronal McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Program) are designed to increase historically disadvantages and first generation student learning and retention in college. An importance aspect of high impact programs such as the McNair

Gladwell being raised in Canada portrays the advantages and disadvantages among the KIPP program. The KIPP school is located in a very poor neighborhoods in New York City. SLLANT is a protocol that shows that their education should be taken seriously. They are currently improving the academic aspects among the low income students. The time, effort, hard work and dedication into their education is highly emphasized by the teachers. In contrast, Dweck, believes that students can reach success by the involvement of their parents in their child’s education

In learning my critical thinking traits, I have discovered that I need to get the facts together and evaluate them based on my ethical characteristics. This process of thinking has directed me to understand that things have to be understood and communicated correctly in order to paint the picture of information that I want others to see or hear. This plays an important part in my professional life. When preparing for presentations or work reports, all data needs to be analyzed and

Yet despite the incentives for postsecondary degree attainment, young economically disadvantaged students fall significantly behind their middle and upper income peers in postsecondary attainment. Minority youths in particular lag behind their white counterparts in postsecondary enrollment and completion.

In my personality assessment I found that I over analyze things and I tend to over think and this is where I make the most mistakes because I do not always learn from my mistakes. I tend to do things over and over again not realizing I am doing it. I am also not very good at accepting change and I am working hard on this in my everyday life. When I get comfortable and someone takes me out of my warm and fuzzy place my mind is like scrambled eggs. What I do is sit think about the positive things that can happen and write it down to try to put myself at ease. My life factors I would have to say I have issues asking for help, I tend

The goal of a school counselor is to support students so they will be successful academically, achieve skills that will make them college/career ready and obtains specific strategies that will allow them to be emotionally and socially successful in life. High school, School Counselors should conduct efficient data and work collaboratively with educators, administrators and parents to ensure that their students will be successful by implementing these domains.

Getting into the school that I have always dreamed of will show that all my hard work these past years have paid off. Knowing that I did not meet all the admission requirements was very overwhelming because in High School I had accomplished many requirements and goals. Understanding the fact that I am very passionate about my extracurricular activities in the school, I know that I will exceed the standards and be a good student at Clayton State University. From first sight, the university looked frightening because of its size, but with such a large school comes diversity of people and of academic and non-academic events I know this will be a good fit. This University will help me be successful after college and help me be able to make a good

Unlike countless mathematicians, I live in an irrational world. Others define me by my GPA and test scores instead of my personal qualities. My background growing up availed me in building my character and paved the way for me as an individual. As the first U.S. Citizen in my family, for both of my parents immigrated to the United States in the mid 1990’s from Ethiopia, a country in Eastern Africa, where education remains unfunded. Therefore, as a first generation student, I gain the added pressure of establishing a secure education for my future.

To achieve success in education and career one must be dedicated and committed to our goals. You must have a clear objective what the goals are and have the proper plan to accomplish your success. Dedication with the proper approach will certainly bring success both in your education and career goals. Just wishing your goals will not bring you success, you must have a desire, the eagerness and driving force to be successful. You must make sacrifices and have a plan in mind. The first part of the plan is to create a goal for you. After that, you need to set a time frame to accomplish the task, then everyday work toward it. You must put in a great effort and work hard to create success in your education and career paths and once you achieve it you must create an environment to maintain it.

Success in your educational endeavors is a direct result of the goals you set and knowing

Academic success could never be fully measured by degrees alone, but it can include a person’s well-being as well as their mind and certain characteristics about a person that make them unique. This success can be achieved in different ways by these different people with different strengths, but there is the same ultimate goal in sight of each and every student enrolled in college at some point. However, this goal of being successful in not only school but in life, can sometimes turn out to be the opposite of how we plan. Of course, a student can achieve success by earning degrees and still fail in life. Academic success can also be a huge constituent to a students vocational calling in college as young students make a transition into adulthood.