Postsecondary Success
Closing the gap between potential and performance
You hold the power
If you have a window into your brain-your strengths, how you learn best, and your challenges -you have the power to optimize your learning experience. We know from neuroscience that there is no average learner—people fall along a continuum. Armed with insight into your brain, you can develop fierce self-knowledge that enables you to seek resources, tools, and strategies that support your learning. This knowledge will last a lifetime, as you pursue your path in education, work and in life.
Increasing College Success
Today more adults are able to pursue college. The population of college students is increasingly diverse and includes first generation students, older students, and working adults, ethnic and racial minorities, students with disabilities, veterans and formerly incarcerated adults. But there are also increased barriers for many adults -barriers to access, inclusion, equity and successful completion. Too many students are not seeing learning gains while incurring significant debt in order to complete their degrees. Administrators are working to respond to diverse student needs while meeting the demands of the 21st century workforce.
The missing piece of the puzzle
My Brain Explained
Potentia is helping college students and their universities to understand how they learn, and what supports they may need to improve their success. My Brain Explained is a secure online assessment that draws on neuroscience to provide a Map of how you learn, think, and communicate. It Includes a Toolkit with access to personalized recommendations for leveraging your strengths and strategies and resources to provide support where you need it. We anticipate that My Brain Explained will be released in early 2021.
Tools and Training for Universities
Instructional approaches targeted at the mythical “average” student do not meet the needs of all learners. Most efforts to adapt instructional methods fail, because change is hard, and incentives focus on faculty scholarly activity. To change this dynamic, we are providing powerful tools and design guidance using Universal Design for Learning to help faculty plan for learner diversity.