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WHAT MOTIVATES STUDENTS
STUDENT RETENTION
Our retention program focuses on developing student motivation, the #1 predictor of student retention. The content of Making Your Mark was designed in response to the thousands of first year student surveys we've conducted, which have told us what motivates college students:
• Understanding how their education relates to a career
• Believing that their education is valuable and worthwhile
• Developing long term self-sufficiency: lifelong skills that will ensure them a high-performance career
• Lowering their anxiety about being able to graduate from college
• Connecting to a career that pays well
• Getting to know faculty and classmates; developing a personal support system
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HOW TO DEVELOP STUDENT MOTIVATION
THE REAL CORE CURRICULUM
Student motivation is dependent on three factors: creating an individual educational and career vision, developing the relevant success skills (high-performance change), and building relationships within a solid support system.
These three factors are the real core curriculum. Together they create a motivational platform upon which students can believe in the academic curriculum and see each subject's relevance to the bigger career picture, as well as their ability to manage it all. The syllabus, textbooks, and grading system should be delayed until this motivational foundation has been established.
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