"Taking a break from college, although sometimes unavoidable, threatens students' likelihood of graduating and delays the benefits of a credential. Academic momentum is one of the most robust predictors of college completion, a relation that strengthens with students' age. Several ongoing initiatives seek to create and sustain momentum, such as encouraging full-time enrollment (e.g., 15 to Finish; CUNY ASAP) and shorter, accelerated courses. The goal is to help students complete a credential before life finds a way to disrupt their education."
"Continuous enrollment, however, isa retention strategy that uses behavioral science to change college processes and mindsets to facilitate and support uninterrupted student enrollment. First, we're asking how processes can be simplified, streamlined, and automated to promote students returning each term while staying adaptable to their unique needs. Second, we'll explore how changes to structures and communications can normalize annual enrollment until students complete their program."
A two-year, Lumina Foundation-funded project will build a scalable model to promote students' continuous enrollment through college to a credential. Continuous enrollment is a retention strategy that uses behavioral science to change college processes and mindsets to facilitate uninterrupted enrollment. The approach focuses on simplifying, streamlining, and automating processes to encourage term-to-term return while remaining adaptable to individual needs. It also focuses on changing structures and communications to normalize annual enrollment until program completion. Research on behavioral defaults underpins the strategy by leveraging default options and choice architecture. Everyone who designs student programs and resources should act as a choice architect.
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