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Ten key success factors for sustaining a linked academic-support course, including weekly faculty contact and targeting high-risk courses

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Based on more than four decades of IL courses at UMN, the article lists factors it considers key to success: the IL instructor "knows what goes on during the target content class by meeting with the faculty member weekly," ongoing professional development occurs, IL is offered only with supportive professors, outcomes are evaluated each term, targeted classes show 30 percent or more D/F/withdrawal grades, cooperative learning fosters a learning community, and efficacy reports sustain stakeholder support. Resources include a dedicated classroom, media projection, photocopying, and an instructor salary sufficient to attract graduate students with prior teaching experience.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Salary sufficient to attract graduate students with prior teaching experience
  • A supportive academic department to host the IL course and mentor the instructional component
  • TRIO director time for selection, training, observing, coaching, and evaluating the program

Constraints

  • Per-student cost of approximately $130 assumes class size capped at 24 and flat-rate tuition at 13 or more credit hours

Target Learners

  • TRIO Student Support Services students in their first year of tertiary education

Learning Goals

  • Academic achievement in gatekeeper courses
  • Sustained institutional support for academic support programs

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Key Sources

  • David R. Arendale. (2014). Understanding the Integrated Learning Course Model: Academic Transition to Tertiary Education. International Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v3n4p1
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title Ten key success factors for sustaining a linked academic-support course, including weekly faculty contact and targeting high-risk courses
description Based on more than four decades of IL courses at UMN, the article lists factors it considers key to success: the IL instructor "knows what goes on during the target content class by meeting with the faculty member wee...
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