Tag: Course Structure

Community College Students Want More Course Structure

From Complete College America

While well-intentioned advisors tout the merits of greater flexibility and added choices, today’s college students – 75% of whom juggle work, family or both with their coursework – are asking for something different: block scheduling.

According to a recent report by Public Agenda and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, students, specifically those at two-year institutions and those who failed to complete their degrees, are responding enthusiastically to the added structure of block scheduling and peer relationships in cohorts.

Why wouldn’t they? Predictability makes it easier to chart a course towards success. Structured schedules eliminate complicated negotiations with employers and simplify exhausting school-children-jobs balancing acts.

If we want more college graduates, the answer is straightforward: add structure