How Coaching Helps Students

COACHING HELPS STUDENT'S

Here are three ways coaches help 21st Century Scholars:

1. Balance competing demands. Students from low-income backgrounds often struggle to balance work and family obligations with the demands of their college course loads. Coaches help these students prepare for success by realistically examining their competing commitments and devising smart ways to prioritize and tackle them. If expectations are realistic, student motivation increases to carry on through inevitable setbacks.

2. Cultivate a success mindset. In addition to competing demands on their time, first-generation students often have trouble finding their place in the college environment and may
doubt their ability to succeed. Coaches help students develop a sense of belonging by normalizing the college experience and reassuring them that they’re “college-ready." For many of these students, their coaches are the first to truly see them for who they are and what they can accomplish, as well as believe in their abilities to overcome any obstacles.

3. Build skills for the workforce and lifelong success. Just as education is a longitudinal process, so is a career path. One workshop on the penultimate day of a course isn’t going to make students career-ready. Instead, coaches discuss career plans with students throughout their time at school to ensure they build the skills needed to succeed in a competitive job market. It’s an ongoing process, and colleges and universities that focus on helping students succeed after graduation will see those efforts pay off with higher persistence and completion rates.

Nigerian Students Studying Abroad Prefer To Complete Their Studies At Home Due To Forex Crisis.

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An Ogun State indigene, Babatunde Agboola, who is studying in the United States, told one of our correspondents that he and some of his friends had agreed to return to Nigeria to complete their studies.

“The message we keep on receiving from home every day is that dollar is scarce and this is affecting our education,” Agboola said.

Asked which way the scarcity of the dollar was affecting them, he simply said, “In all areas. We need to buy food and sometimes books, but when there is no money to buy them, automatically we will be affected. So, it is better we return to Nigeria to complete our studies.”

A large number of Nigerian students are studying abroad, mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, among others.

A 2015 report by the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, the United States, claimed that 9,494 students from Nigeria were admitted in the 2014/15 academic session, making Nigeria the leading source of students from Africa and the 15th largest country worldwide among international students in the US.

Nigerian universities, especially the private ones, have however, expressed interest in providing spaces for willing students interested in their respective institutions.