I pulled a few favorite quotes while reading Educause – 2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience. I don’t have time to fully articulate my thoughts and connections to my learning, but I don’t want to lose the valuable nuggets that resonated with me. I will post here in hopes of returning to process those connections.
In addition to these institutional barriers, respondents described a number of nonacademic circumstances that hinder their success:
- Work schedules
- Time management, especially related to work/life balance
- Confidence, self-esteem, focus, and motivation
- Availability of transportation
- Time spent commuting
- Family caretaking responsibilities
- Mental and physical health
Understanding the barriers students face from both institutional and nonacademic situations will help institutional leaders design and redesign support systems, curricula, and learning environments.
(2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience, 2022)
Ask your students how they define a successful experience at your institution so that you can support more than just degree completion, and evaluate institutional policies and practices to determine which ones are helping students succeed and which ones are acting as barriers to success. Integrate students’ ideas when you create new support programs.
(2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience, 2022)
Students are whole people with complex learning needs and goals. Completing a degree is the most common way respondents defined a successful higher education experience, but they are also hoping to secure a job, achieve personal growth, secure a high salary, and more.
(2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience, 2022)
Reference
2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience. (2022, October 3). EDUCAUSE. Retrieved October 3, 2022, from https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/10/2022-students-and-technology-report-rebalancing-the-student-experience?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=report_workforce&utm_content=10-03-22&utm_term=_&m_i=gOxoTDKsSnuYNHpF5gYO7fCAQ7f4aHQ4dZIY9A9VdW_T7Y2lbkDcdYEJl4D_fBvjOXq6OEpO6aQnIFFamAp6GfDDl77T9Ugggg&M_BT=88967532832
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