Description

The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainmentâ “the number of years a person spends in schoolâ “strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the world in completing postsecondary degrees now falling behind their global peers. As part of a broader national college completion agenda aimed at increasing college graduation rates, higher education researchers and policy makers are exploring the role of intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies in supporting student success.

Supporting Studentsâ (TM) College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies identifies 8 intrapersonal competencies (competencies involving self-management and positive self-evaluation) that can be developed through interventions and appear to be related to persistence and success in undergraduate education. The report calls for further research on the importance of these competencies for college success, reviews current assessments of them and establishes priorities for the use of current assessments, and outlines promising new approaches for improved assessments.

Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Author: Board on Testing and Assessment, Author: Committee on Assessing Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies

Topic: Education / Teaching
Media: Book
ISBN: 309456053
Language: English
Pages: 262