a first look at the sophomore-year experience
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A First Look at the Sophomore-Year Experience. Institute on Sophomore Student Success Columbia, SC April 15-17, 2013 Mary Stuart Hunter. Why All this Interest in Sophomores?. Outgrowth of the focus on first-year students Recognition that second-year students have needs and face challenges - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A First Look at the Sophomore-Year Experience
Institute on Sophomore Student Success
Columbia, SC
April 15-17, 2013
Mary Stuart Hunter
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Why All this Interest in Sophomores?
• Outgrowth of the focus on first-year students
• Recognition that second-year students have needs and face challenges
• Emerging research on second-year students
• Nascent assessment on the second college year
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Why All this Interest in Sophomores?
• Evidence that sophomores are at times the least satisfied of all students
• Increasing interest
- conference programs
- listserv activity
- activity in professional organizations
- commercial press and other entities
- publication sales
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Why did your institution invest in your participation in this
institute?
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Defining ‘Sophomore’
• More difficult to define than other points of student transition
• More ambiguity around beginning and ending
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Defining ‘Sophomore’
Time in college?
Credits earned?
Level of commitment and investment by student?
Certainty of academic major?
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In your own mind and on your own campus, how have you defined
‘sophomore’?
What is your definition?
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Has your campus developed a definition of ‘sophomore’? If so, what is it?
If not, who should be included in a discussion to define ‘sophomore’ on your campus?
? Individuals
? Offices /programs that should be included in the
conversation
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What issues do you see among the sophomores on
your campus?
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Issues in the Second Year
• Academic majors and academic self-efficacy
• The curriculum and academic progression
• Academic engagement
• Faculty contact
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Issues in the Second Year
• Student satisfaction
• Social integration
and involvement
• Student motivation
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Issues in the Second Year
• Lifestyle decisions
• Financial issues
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Issues in the Second Year
• Career Development
• Values
• Purpose
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Think, [Pair], Share
Are there other issues that you see in your second-year students?
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“Sophomore Slump” yields 773,000 results
“Sophomore Slump College” yields 158,000 results
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Sophomore ‘Slump’
Characterized by academic
disengagement and a generalized
dissatisfaction with one’s college experience.
--Freedman, 1956
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Sophomore ‘Slump’
Difficult to define because “there seems to be no one problem that can be identified...it seems unwise to lump all the problems of individual students together.”
-- Richmond and Lemons, 1985
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Redefining ‘Sophomore Slump’A multi-dimensional phenomenon including one or more of the following:
• academic deficiencies• academic disengagement• dissatisfaction with the collegiate
experience• major and career indecision• developmental confusion
--Kennedy & Upcraft, 2010
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Moving Beyond Assumptions
What data is available on campus that might help you better understand the sophomore-year experience?
Where might you look for additional data and information?
Who might be useful in your data search?
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Reactions
Reflections
Q & A