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Moving the Needle for First Generation College Students: Comprehensive Advising from College Access to Success Tuesday, April 5, 2016 @aypf_tweets
Moving the Needle for First
Generation College Students:
Comprehensive Advising from
College Access to Success
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
@aypf_tweets
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Workforce demand of postsecondary credentials
First generation, low income students face unique challenges to college enrollment & degree attainment
Academic
Financial
Social-cultural
Advising supports must be comprehensive
Why This Topic?
Elizabeth Morgan, Director of External Relations, NCAN
Cassie Magesis, Director of College Readiness, Urban Assembly, Bridge to College Program
Pam Blumenthal, Director of Links Programs and Josh Laurie, Manager, Future Connect Scholarship Program, Portland Community College
Rana Tarkenton, Deputy Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Denver Scholarship Foundation
Today’s Presenters
Why comprehensive advising?
Source: Calahan, M., & Perna, L.W. Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States. Washington, DC: The Pell Institute and Penn AHEAD, 2015.
6-year bachelor’s completion rate by family income quartile, 2009
How have programs moved from access to success?
“Better” enrollment & completion
data
Better student support services
Proven college “success” milestones
College entrance immediately after
HS
Summer bridge-orientation programs at institutions
Full-time enrollment vs.
part-time
No remediation needed or fast
progress through remediation
1st to 2nd year persistence
Source: http://www.collegeaccess.org/Common_Measures
Trends in college success advisingCBO-higher ed institution partnerships
Community collaboration
Trends in college success advising
Early warning data
Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success
Trends in college success advising
Near-peer approaches
Trends in college success advising
Virtual coaching using technology
Trends in college success advising
Audience Q&A
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Bridge to CollegeThe Urban Assembly
Cassie Magesis
Director of College Readiness
The Urban Assembly
• The Urban Assembly (UA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering underserved youth by providing them with the academic and life skills necessary for postsecondary success
• Creates and supports small public schools in New York City
• Supports 21 schools throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx
• Goal is to prepare 100% of graduates for success in the 21st century economy
UA’s Students Served
• 9,000 students across 21 schools
95% Students of Color
86% Low Income
20% Individualized Education Plans
17% English Language Learners
Summer Melt
• 40% of low income students accepted to college do not matriculate that fall
• Summer melt factors:• Confusing college matriculation processes
• Lack of support over the summer
• Common misconceptions about matriculating
Bridge to College
• Bridge to College (BTC) is a youth driven, peer mentoring program that seeks to eliminate the summer flood for our young people
• 12% increase in college enrollment rates
• 80% college enrollment rate
How Does It Work?
• College Coaches • UA alum
• 15 Coaches, 15 schools
• Currently enrolled in college
• Use their own experiences to help students
• Coaches work with students from mid-May to mid-August to help them with matriculation and ensure they successfully begin college
College Coach Support
• Registering for classes
• Financial aid
• FAFSA verification
• TAP
• Appealing packages
• Final transcripts and immunization records
• Placement exams
• Transportation to campus
• Connecting to supports on campus
• The Log
College Coach Training
• Three-day intensive training• Day One: The Matriculation Process and Financial Aid
• Day Two: Counseling Skills
• Day Three: The CUNY System
• Support for Coaches• BTC Coordinator (a veteran coach) helps run the program and provides
additional support to Coaches
• Three UA College Counselors supervising and supporting 5 Coaches
Program Successes
• 12% increase in college matriculation
• Effective and low cost model ($74 per student)
• 7th Bridge to College summer
• BTC has expanded beyond UA
Audience Q&A
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A UNIQUE COMMUNITY OF PARTNERS
SUPPORTING ACCESS AND SUCCESS
FOR FIRST GENERATION AND LOW-
INCOME STUDENTS
The Future Connect Pathway
Complete
Start
High school
Outreach
Summer workshops
Cohort College
Classes
Transitional support and
Leadership opportunities
Scholarship dollars
The College Coach
The retention rate for
Future Connect students
who return for their
second year is 75%, and
this rate has improved with
each cohort.
OUTCOMESSTUDENTS
WE SERVE
Future Connect students
are Completing a degree
or transferring at 31% rate
within three years.
The average GPA for PCC
Future Connect Students
after one year is 2.86
86% 63%
80% 50%
Speak another
language other
than English at
home
Are from families
where neither
parent attended
college
Are low-incomeAre students of
color
75%
31%
2.86
Study Abroad
Gear Up
Phi Theta Kappa
Works Force Development
for summer internships
City Internships
Foster Care
supportsReconnection to
disconnected
students
University transfer
scholarships
DE Learning
Community
Work Study
Transfer advising
Audience Q&A
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COLLEGE. IT’S POSSIBLE.
Outline
• History: How Denver Scholarship Began and Who We Serve
• Program Overview: How Denver Scholarship Makes it Possible
• Partnership Overview: How Denver Scholarship Leverages Student Success
Access to
CollegeDENVER SCHOLARSHIP’S
FOUNDERS BELIEVED IN THE
POWER OF EDUCATION
TO TRANSFORM LIVES
Timothy &
Bernadette
Márquez
Denver Mayor,
John
Hickenlooper
Denver Public
Schools
Superintendent,
Michael Bennet
2006Financial
Aid ALL STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT
FROM A COLLEGE DEGREE
College
Support
Services
WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO COLLEGE
SUCCESS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS?
THIRD MILE
GROUP
Fewer than 30% of low-
income students attained a
college degree or certificate
in 6 years.
Cost
Funding
Understanding Processes
Lack of Guidance/Support
How DSF Began
Denver Scholarship has made a college degrees and technical certificates possible for Denver's students since 2007
14,000 Denver Public Schools’ students
and their families access Denver
Scholarship Future Center
services in 20 high school
programs
$30MScholarships we have awarded
since 2007
5,000Denver Scholarship
scholars80%
First generation
to college
$60M
Leveraged by Denver
Scholarship from
college partners for
additional
scholarships
77% Hispanic &
African
American
85%
Pell-Eligible
8 in 10 Graduated or still
enrolled
1,200College or technical
school graduates
A barrier to college for thousands of intelligent, hard-working students in
Denver – they think it just isn't possible. Denver Scholarship’s three-part
program helps Denver Public Schools’ students to and through a college
degree or technical certificate.
❶ ❷ ❸
Future Centers Scholarships College Partnerships
Advising and other
college access services
in Denver Public Schools
high schools
Guaranteed financial
support to graduates
attending college or
technical school in
Colorado
Leveraged financial,
academic and social
support for scholars
throughout their
college career
How Denver Scholarship Makes it Possible
Our services extend far beyond our scholars, amplifying DPS services and outreach to 14,000 students and families annually.
DSF FUTURE CENTERSOutreach to 14,000
DPS students and
families across the
city.
% Seniors at Future Center High Schools
88%Applied to college
79%Admitted to college
72%Submitted a FAFSA
DPS COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT 2014
52%DPS FUTURE CENTER
SCHOOLS
48%DPS
Over $300M in non-DSF
scholarship dollars has been
awarded
$4 Million Annually
$2,800
Average
Award
25% APPLY and are ELIGIBLE
4 years in DPS
2.0 / 2.75GPA
Needs-based
Technical: <1%
2-Year: 25%
4-Year: 75%
1,500 SCHOLARS
Renewable
for 4 years
DSF Awards $4 million annually to Denver Public Schools Graduates.
Enrollment/Graduation by College Partner, 2014-15
We are focused on getting students to and through college.
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Enrollment and Graduation Rate per College, 2014-15 Strategic Goal Current Rate for comparative line
Collaborative
Outreach
Avoid
Duplication of
Services
Data Sharing
Shared Goals
Focused on
Outcomes
Denver Scholarship has 25 COMMUNITY
PARTNERS who share our interest in DPS
students enrolling in and completing a
college degree or certificate
How Denver Scholarship Leverages Partnerships
Audience Q&A
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Elizabeth Morgan, NCAN [email protected]
Cassie Magesis, Urban Assembly, Bridge to College Program [email protected]
Pam Blumenthal and Josh Laurie, Future Connect Scholarship Program [email protected]
Rana Tarkenton, Denver Scholarship Foundation [email protected]
Thank You to Our Presenters
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Part 2: Technology to Complement Advising,
Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 2:00-3:15pm ET
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