Cooling out is an informal set of practices used by colleges, especially two-year, junior, and community colleges, to handle students whose lack of academic ability or other resources prevent them from achieving the educational goals they have developed for themselves such as attaining a bachelor's degree. The purpose of cooling out is to encourage the students to adjust their expectations or redefine failure. The practices contrast with "warming up", in which students who aspire to easier educational goals are encouraged to reach for more ambitious degrees.[1]
According to Burton R. Clark's 1960 article "The Cooling-Out Function in Higher Education", the term was first used by Erving Goffman in the 1952 article "Cooling the Mark Out: Some Aspects of Adaptation to Failure".[2] Goffman used the term to describe a practice of confidence artists, but Clark proposed that it was a legitimate function of higher education to gradually refocus students from unattainable goals to achievements that were within their reach or to soften the blow of failure for what they cannot attain.[3] Among the techniques of cooling out, students who do not achieve well on pre-entrance testing or who do not perform well in class may be refocused to remedial coursework and offered counseling and vocational planning.[2] Academic probation may be used to encourage students to accept academic refocus.
In 2002, theorists Regina Deil-Amen and James E. Rosenbaum noted that students in many schools are encouraged to accept an ideal that college is accessible to all and defined "Cooling Out" as "the process by which community colleges urge students to recognize their academic deficiencies and lower their aspirations", noting that "cooling out may also be used to describe the ways in which community colleges get students to lower their unrealistically high expectations for obtaining bachelor's degrees and to aim for one- or two-year degrees in vocational or applied programs."[4] They argue that cooling out should be initiated in the later years of high school by educators and administrators familiar with a student's potential.
In junior and community colleges, students are dissuaded from maintaining unrealistically high expectations of transferring and earning a bachelor's degree. Researchers say that "community colleges passively discourage student success by setting institutional roadblocks in the way of those with bachelor's degree aspirations" (p. 42).[1] Examples of roadblocks include pre-entrance testing, counseling, orientation classes, etc.
Examplesedit
Sometimes, practices such as these are used to "cool out" a student:[1]
Remedial coursework, such as requiring a student to pass a basic class for no academic course credit before permitting the student to enroll in the normal class
Encouraging students to change their plans, such as encouraging a low-performing student to give up an unrealistic dream of becoming a dentist and instead to become a dental hygienist or dental technician, which requires less training.
Requiring students to pass certain difficult courses, with the goal of reducing the number of students who can complete the program
Requiring students to take college entrance exams or other tests to enroll in the targeted program
Bias in applicationedit
In "The Functioning of the Hidden Curriculum", E. Margolis and M. Romero note that cooling out may also be applied to students whose educational goals are unrealistic due to factors other than academic ability, such as lack of financial resources.[5] They argue that "cooling out" has been used against students of color and women, concluding that "the less capital a student brings to the graduate setting, the more impact the process [of cooling out] has on that student's educational experience."[6]
Warming upedit
A contrasting process – called "warming up" – may also occur.[1]: 41 Warming up is defined as "the raising of students initial aspirations after they enroll in a college".[1]: 41 Both cooling out and warming up may occur in the same schools and at equal rates. National survey data suggest that warming up may occur more than cooling out in today's community colleges.[1]: 64
The "warming up" process may involve some of the same techniques, such as counseling students that if they can pass the chemistry and mathematics classes needed to get a two-year degree in welding, they may also be able to handle more challenging engineering coursework.
Referencesedit
^ abcdefRosenbaum, James E.; Regina Deil-Amen; Ann E. Person (1 March 2009). After Admission: From College Access to College Success. Russell Sage Foundation. p. 45-47. ISBN978-0-87154-755-2.
^ abClark, Burton R. (May 1960). "The 'Cooling-Out' Function in Higher Education". American Journal of Sociology. 65 (6): 569–576. doi:10.1086/222787. JSTOR 2773649. S2CID 144989007.
^Bahr, Peter Riley (July 2008). "Cooling Out in the Community College: What is the Effect of Academic Advising on Students' Chances of Success?". Research in Higher Education. 49 (8): 704–732. doi:10.1007/s11162-008-9100-0. S2CID 145648231.
^Deil-Amen, Regina; Rosenbaum, James E. (July 2002). "The Unintended Consequences of Stigma-Free Remediation". Sociology of Education. 75 (3): 249–268. doi:10.2307/3090268. JSTOR 3090268.
^Margolis, E.; M. Romero (8 November 2000). "The Functioning of the Hidden Curriculum". In Stephen J. Ball (ed.). The Sociology of Education. Psychology Press. p. 1288. ISBN978-0-415-19812-7.
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Cooling out is an informal set of practices used by colleges especially two year junior and community colleges to handle students whose lack of academic ability or other resources prevent them from achieving the educational goals they have developed for themselves such as attaining a bachelor s degree The purpose of cooling out is to encourage the students to adjust their expectations or redefine failure The practices contrast with warming up in which students who aspire to easier educational goals are encouraged to reach for more ambitious degrees 1 Contents 1 History 2 Examples 3 Bias in application 4 Warming up 5 References 6 External linksHistory editAccording to Burton R Clark s 1960 article The Cooling Out Function in Higher Education the term was first used by Erving Goffman in the 1952 article Cooling the Mark Out Some Aspects of Adaptation to Failure 2 Goffman used the term to describe a practice of confidence artists but Clark proposed that it was a legitimate function of higher education to gradually refocus students from unattainable goals to achievements that were within their reach or to soften the blow of failure for what they cannot attain 3 Among the techniques of cooling out students who do not achieve well on pre entrance testing or who do not perform well in class may be refocused to remedial coursework and offered counseling and vocational planning 2 Academic probation may be used to encourage students to accept academic refocus In 2002 theorists Regina Deil Amen and James E Rosenbaum noted that students in many schools are encouraged to accept an ideal that college is accessible to all and defined Cooling Out as the process by which community colleges urge students to recognize their academic deficiencies and lower their aspirations noting that cooling out may also be used to describe the ways in which community colleges get students to lower their unrealistically high expectations for obtaining bachelor s degrees and to aim for one or two year degrees in vocational or applied programs 4 They argue that cooling out should be initiated in the later years of high school by educators and administrators familiar with a student s potential In junior and community colleges students are dissuaded from maintaining unrealistically high expectations of transferring and earning a bachelor s degree Researchers say that community colleges passively discourage student success by setting institutional roadblocks in the way of those with bachelor s degree aspirations p 42 1 Examples of roadblocks include pre entrance testing counseling orientation classes etc Examples editSometimes practices such as these are used to cool out a student 1 Remedial coursework such as requiring a student to pass a basic class for no academic course credit before permitting the student to enroll in the normal class Encouraging students to change their plans such as encouraging a low performing student to give up an unrealistic dream of becoming a dentist and instead to become a dental hygienist or dental technician which requires less training Requiring students to pass certain difficult courses with the goal of reducing the number of students who can complete the program Requiring students to take college entrance exams or other tests to enroll in the targeted programBias in application editIn The Functioning of the Hidden Curriculum E Margolis and M Romero note that cooling out may also be applied to students whose educational goals are unrealistic due to factors other than academic ability such as lack of financial resources 5 They argue that cooling out has been used against students of color and women concluding that the less capital a student brings to the graduate setting the more impact the process of cooling out has on that student s educational experience 6 Warming up editA contrasting process called warming up may also occur 1 41 Warming up is defined as the raising of students initial aspirations after they enroll in a college 1 41 Both cooling out and warming up may occur in the same schools and at equal rates National survey data suggest that warming up may occur more than cooling out in today s community colleges 1 64 The warming up process may involve some of the same techniques such as counseling students that if they can pass the chemistry and mathematics classes needed to get a two year degree in welding they may also be able to handle more challenging engineering coursework References edit a b c d e f Rosenbaum James E Regina Deil Amen Ann E Person 1 March 2009 After Admission From College Access to College Success Russell Sage Foundation p 45 47 ISBN 978 0 87154 755 2 a b Clark Burton R May 1960 The Cooling Out Function in Higher Education American Journal of Sociology 65 6 569 576 doi 10 1086 222787 JSTOR 2773649 S2CID 144989007 Bahr Peter Riley July 2008 Cooling Out in the Community College What is the Effect of Academic Advising on Students Chances of Success Research in Higher Education 49 8 704 732 doi 10 1007 s11162 008 9100 0 S2CID 145648231 Deil Amen Regina Rosenbaum James E July 2002 The Unintended Consequences of Stigma Free Remediation Sociology of Education 75 3 249 268 doi 10 2307 3090268 JSTOR 3090268 Margolis E M Romero 8 November 2000 The Functioning of the Hidden Curriculum In Stephen J Ball ed The Sociology of Education Psychology Press p 1288 ISBN 978 0 415 19812 7 Marolis and Romero 2000 p 1280 External links editArticle on Cooling Out Sociology of Education article on Cooling Out Goffman article on Cooling the Mark Out Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cooling out amp oldid 1207462356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
