Sunday, June 15, 2008

Learning Beyond the Classroom

After reading the article, "Learning Beyond the Classroom", I realize that the student's success is partially depended on their college extra-curricular.
www.eduventures.com indicates the following keys:
  • Academic clubs (34%), career clubs (29%), community service clubs (29%), honor societies (28%), and sports clubs (27%) are the five most common university-affiliated clubs and activities in which students participate.
  • As a group, students who participate in three or more clubs have, on average, GPAs over 3.0, definitely plan to persist to their junior year, and definitely plan to graduate from their current institution.
  • The largest gap in participation in clubs and organizations among student sub-groups is between on- and off-campus students, creating a retention risk for students living off campus.
  • Programs in which students act as mentors, advisors, or counselors are the most important and highest impact form of leadership programming.
  • Four types of community engagement have the most important impact on students’ sense of citizenship: volunteer or community service, fundraising for a charity or local community, mentoring or tutoring in the community, and community involvement programs.
You may want to click the following link to read the article.
http://www.eduventures.com

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