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The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment—the number of years a person spends in school—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 Students' 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.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24697.

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262 pages |  6 x 9 | 

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  • Paperback:  978-0-309-45605-0
  • Ebook:  978-0-309-45608-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/24697
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-xiv
Summary 1-16
1 Introduction 17-32
2 Competencies for College Success 33-76
3 Assessment Methods for College Competencies 77-116
4 Assessment Uses and Stakeholders within Higher Education 117-152
5 Intra- and Interpersonal Competencies as College Outcomes 153-180
6 Next Steps 181-188
References 189-214
Appendix A: Literature Searches Commissioned by the Committee 215-218
Appendix B: Assessments Used in the Intervention Literature 219-238
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 239-244
Appendix D: Workshop Agenda 245-248

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  • Intervention Table
    To address its charge to identify intra- and interpersonal competencies that not only are related to success during college but also are malleable in response to interventions, the committee searched the social-psychological intervention literatures. This table summarizes the results of that search.
  • Interactive Infographic: The Road To College Success
    This interactive infographic from the National Academies Press highlights eight competencies from Supporting Students’ College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies with references to the contents of the full report.
  • Interactive Overview of Report Findings
    The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment—the number of years a person spends in school—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.

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Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies

This video, based on the report, introduces three competencies students should have that help reduce drop-out rates and support students’ persistence and success at college.

Archived Webinar

The webinar will highlight key findings from a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Supporting Students’ College Success: The Role of Assessment of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competencies. The number of years a person spends in schooling strongly predicts his or her adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement, but many U.S. students drop out of college. The report identifies competencies (also known as 21st century skills) that may boost college completion and examines how to assess these competencies.

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