13. Independence/Responsibility High School Live with parents College Live with roommate Curfew No curfew (depending on school/dorm) Parents manage money Need money management skills Parents do your laundry (if lucky) You do your own laundry Parents make sure you are fed Must buy/make own food Parents/teachers may make decisions for you and help solve your problems You make your own decisions and solve own problems
14. Extracurricular/Social Activities High School Moderate amount of clubs/organizations to join College Abundance of clubs/organizations to join Old friends New friends Prom Sorority and fraternity formals
16. Teacher/Student Contact High School Contact closer and more frequent (5 days a week). College Faculty are available during office hours (only a few hours a week) and by appointment to address students’ concerns.
17. Competition/Grades High School Academic competition is not as strong; good grades can often be obtained with minimum effort. College Academic competition is much stronger; minimum effort may produce poor grades.
18. Schedule High School At least 30 hours/week of classroom instruction. Regular daily schedule enforced College Usually 12 hours/week of classroom instruction. Attendance is required but not enforced. Attendance is key to success and is the student's responsibility.
19. Status High School Students establish a personal status in academic and social activities based on family and community factors. College Students can build their status as they wish; high school status can be repeated or changed.
20. Counseling/Dependence High School Students can rely on parents, teachers, and counselors to help make decisions and give advice. Students must abide by parents’ boundaries and restrictions. College Students rely on themselves; they see the results of making their own decisions. It is their responsibility to seek advice as needed. Students set their own restrictions.
21. Motivation High School Students get stimulation to achieve or participate from parents, teachers, and counselors. College Students apply their own motivation to their work and activities as they wish.
22. Freedom High School Students’ freedom is limited. Parents will often help students out of a crisis should one arise. College Students have much more freedom. Students must accept responsibility for their own actions.
23. Distractions High School There are distractions from school, but these are partially controlled by school and home. College The opportunity for more distractions exists. Time management to students will become more important.
24. Value Judgments High School Students often make value judgments based on parental values; thus, many of their value judgments are made for them. College Students have the opportunity to see the world through their own eyes and develop their own opinions and values. http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/20255.html
25. Academic Support High School Parents, teachers, and counselors often take responsibility and arrange for tutoring or other help. College Requested and arranged by the student. Students are responsible for asking for help and following-through with help provided.
38. What They Know Have used the web 98% Have off-campus access 70% Will use libraries in the future 95% Research skills will be useful 89% Recognize web addresses 92% Recognize citation formats and elements of citations 85% Know Google 95%
39. What They Don’t Know Recognize call numbers 77% Distinguish scholarly/popular journals 60% Truncation 49% Boolean operators 36% Background information 26% Utah’s Pioneer 12%
40. What They Learned Background information 26% to 50% Recognize call numbers 77% to 97% Boolean operators 36% to 66% Truncation 49% to 80% Distinguish scholarly & popular journals 63% to 80%