STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

• Serving
• Low Income
• First Generation
• Students with disabilities

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What is Student Support Services??

• Federal Program
• U.S. Department of Education
• Higher Education Act of 1965

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A SHORT HISTORY LESSON

• Civil rights act 1964
• Educational Support Programs
• federal financial aid

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Other TRIO Programs

• College Programs
• Student Support Services
• McNair
• Educational Opportunity Centers

• Pre-College Programs
• Educational Talent Search
• Upward Bound
• Upward Bound Math Science

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What is the purpose of SSS?

• Increase retention of disadvantaged students
• Increase academic persistence
• Increase graduation rates
• Increase transfer rates from 2-yr to 4-yr
  institutions
• Facilitate enrollment into graduation/professional
  schools

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RETENTION

• IMPROVING STUDENT SKILLS
• TUTORING
• ACADEMIC ADVISING
• NETWORKING

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ACADEMIC PERSISTENCE

• CURRICULUM
• FACULTY
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• CO-OP OPPORTUNITIES

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GRADUATION

• SYSTEMATIC SELECTION OF COURSES
• FACULTY MENTORSHIP
• ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

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Who is eligible to receive services from SSS?

• Students from low income families
• Students from a house where neither parent
  graduated from college with a bachelors degree
• Students with disabilities
• All students must have an academic need that is
  defined by the institution

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What does low income mean?

• Low income is defined as students who come from
  families where income is 150 of family income
  levels established by the Census Bureau.

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What is a disability?

• Physical/mental impairment that substantially
  limits one or more of lifes major actitivies
• Regarding as having a disability
• A history of a disability

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What is Academic need?

• Defined by the institution
• Assess high school performance
• Use ACT/SAT scores
• Other assessments
• Non-traditional
• Social network and support

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How is eligibility determined?

• Tax information
• Financial Aid information
• Statement verifying First generation and
  citizenship status

• Documentation of Disability
• Use institutions guidelines for accepting
  documentation

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What services/activities are provided to sss
participants?
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The grant process

• Essay format
• 4 year cycle
• Depends on congressional allocations
• subjective award process

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Evaluations

• Quantative
• Qualitative
• Process
• Summary

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Measuring Outcomes
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Organization
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The Goals

• Graduation
• Retention
• Increase GPA
• Persistence
• Better Life

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The End