Contextualizing math courses to improve #StudentSuccess & #Retention
"Math ends the education careers of thousands of #CommunityCollege students. A few schools are trying something new"
https://hechingerreport.org/math-ends-the-education-careers-of-thousands-of-community-college-students-a-few-schools-are-trying-something-new/
Cites "Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization" https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/facilitating-student-learning-contextualization.html
#MathEd #EdPsy #EdDev #SituatedLearning

Colleges are chasing after more revenue from the 36.8 million people in the U.S. with some college experience but no degree:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/adult-post-traditional/2024/06/06/some-college-no-degree-cohort-keeps-growing
But "They’re not thinking about what’s actually happening that led a student to leave in the first place. Otherwise, you’re recruiting them back into an institution that didn’t work for them."
96% of students who leave STEM degree programs mention the poor quality of #teaching, for example
https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/launchings20200501
#HigherEd #STEMeducation #Retention