Solved in 30 Minutes with Jennifer Seekins

Declining dual credit enrollment is one of higher education's most persistent headaches — and most colleges are solving for the wrong thing. In this episode of Solved in 30, Ringorang founder Robert Feeney sits down with Jennifer Seekins, Dual Credit Director at North Central Texas College, to get to the root cause in 30 minutes using the ASK methodology: attitudes, skills, and knowledge. What they uncover is that the bottleneck isn't the paperwork, the counselors, or the parents. It's student ownership — or the lack of it. When students rely on adults to manage the registration process for them, they fall out when those adults aren't available, they underperform in the classroom, and they miss out on opportunities that could shape the rest of their lives. Together, Robert and Jennifer work through the Ringorang goal design process to identify three specific habit-forming actions that can change this: Students choosing their own dual credit classes instead of waiting to be told which ones to take Students finding registration dates and deadlines themselves rather than waiting for an adult to notify them Students checking their own registration status after submitting a form rather than assuming the process is done The result: a ripple effect that goes beyond registration... students who own the process show up differently in the classroom, engage their parents more effectively, and develop the figure-out-edness they need for college, work, and adulthood. If you work in dual credit, student services, community college enrollment, or K-12 counseling, this episode is 30 minutes well spent. Subscribe for more episodes tackling the hardest problems in workforce, education, and organizational behavior. Music: bensound.com License code: QFWX6LOKNL2B5NYZ Artist: Nick Petrov