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Increasing Access & Success For Underrepresented Populations: The Importance Of Family Engagement
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Tuesday, January 24 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST
Many community colleges struggle with the challenge of educating students from low-income backgrounds. More specifically, community college administrators are attempting to enroll more low-income, Latino students while also increase persistence rates. We believe that connecting with families at an early stage and creating a continuum of services will increase the number of students who pursue a postsecondary education in addition to the number of adults who will enroll as non-traditional students.
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Promoting Access And Success Through Summer Bridge Programs
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Thursday, January 26 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST
After participating in this webinar, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of the challenges that at-risk students face in college, the role that summer bridge programs play in promoting their adjustment and success in college, and ways to assess the effectiveness of summer bridge programs. All participants will receive an electronic copy of a recent publication by the presenter/author on summer bridge programs.
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Developing An Effective Peer Mentoring Program Supporting First-Generation College Students
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Thursday, February 9 ~ 3:00-4:30pm EST
In these difficult economic times of budget cuts and limited resources determining best practices for making the most of existing assets while continuing to serve students effectively is critical. First-generation college-goers experience a variety of challenges as they enter and move through higher education. In fact, much of the existing research indicates that students whose parents did not attend college are more likely than their non first-generation counterparts to be less academically prepared for college, to have less knowledge of how to apply for college and for financial assistance, and to have more difficulty in acclimating themselves to college once they enroll (Tym, et al., 2005). As Vargas (2004) explains, low-income, minority, and first-generation students are especially likely to lack specific types of “college knowledge.” Zimmerman (2000) asserts that at-risk students are less likely to seek help when they need it. As such, educational institutions must provide students with specific types of resources and support to insure that they move through college successfully. Peer mentoring programs like the one to be described here can serve to supplement existing programmatic and institutional efforts to support first-generation students, while building capacity and empowering students through the development of critical college knowledge.
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Developing Strong K-16 Partnerships That Increase Latino/a Student Access And Success
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Tuesday, March 20 ~ 3:00-4:30pm EDT
Institutions across the country have struggled to create initiatives that lead to increased completion rates for all students and more specifically for Hispanic students. This webinar will focus on the myriad of strategies and initiatives being utilized by South Texas College in collaboration with nineteen school districts to create a college-going culture and increase college readiness and completion. The purposeful partnerships with K-12 have led to a nine percent increase in college-going rates, twenty-seven percent increase in English Language Arts college readiness, and a twenty-six percent increase in mathematics college readiness over a five year period in a predominately Hispanic population.
Participants will receive information on key collaborative strategies for elementary, middle, and high schools. A major focus will be on the comprehensive dual enrollment program including dual enrollment academies, early college high schools, and dropout recovery programs.
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Driving Student Success Through A Culture Of Evidence
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Wednesday, March 21 ~ 3:00-4:30pm EDT
Established via Legislative mandate, South Texas College opened its doors in 1993 and has grown from 1,038 to over 27,500 students in sixteen years. Serving a 95% Hispanic Student body, the College has taken bold steps to balance student access with student success. This session will focus on how an institution can positively impact student success by implementing a ‘culture of evidence’ to drive strategy development, assessment, and resource allocation/re-allocation. The session will demonstrate how one community college has utilized a culture of evidence to transform how the institution addresses student success issues.
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Staying Smart: Strategies For Moving Forward With Assessment
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Registration Fee: $345.00
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Friday, March 30 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EDT
This workshop will ask you and your colleagues to consider your assessment challenges and will help you identify tools to enhance assessment planning and the use of assessment to improve teaching and learning. The presentation will include a discussion of ways to keep assessment front and center so that programs continue to improve in meaningful ways.
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First Generation