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Moving the Needle for First Generation College Students: Comprehensive Advising from
College Access to Success Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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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 Lauire, Manager, Future Connect Scholarship Program, Portland Community College
* Rana Tarkenton, Deputy Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Denver Scholarship Foundation
Today’s Presenters
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Bridge to College TheUrbanAssembly
CassieMagesis
DirectorofCollegeReadiness
The Urban Assembly
• TheUrbanAssembly(UA)isanon-profitorganizaCondedicatedtoempoweringunderservedyouthbyprovidingthemwiththeacademicandlifeskillsnecessaryforpostsecondarysuccess
• CreatesandsupportssmallpublicschoolsinNewYorkCity
• Supports21schoolsthroughoutBrooklyn,ManhaUanandtheBronx
• Goalistoprepare100%ofgraduatesforsuccessinthe21stcenturyeconomy
UA’s Students Served
• 9,000studentsacross21schools
Ø 95%StudentsofColor
Ø 86%LowIncome
Ø 20%IndividualizedEducaConPlans
Ø 17%EnglishLanguageLearners
Summer Melt
• 40%oflowincomestudentsacceptedtocollegedonotmatriculatethatfall
• Summermeltfactors:• ConfusingcollegematriculaConprocesses• Lackofsupportoverthesummer• CommonmisconcepConsaboutmatriculaCng
Bridge to College
• BridgetoCollege(BTC)isayouthdriven,peermentoringprogramthatseekstoeliminatethesummerfloodforouryoungpeople
• 12%increaseincollegeenrollmentrates
• 80%collegeenrollmentrate
How Does It Work?
• CollegeCoaches• UAalum• 15Coaches,15schools• Currentlyenrolledincollege• Usetheirownexperiencestohelpstudents
• Coachesworkwithstudentsfrommid-Maytomid-AugusttohelpthemwithmatriculaConandensuretheysuccessfullybegincollege
College Coach Support
• Registeringforclasses• Financialaid
• FAFSAverificaCon• TAP• Appealingpackages
• FinaltranscriptsandimmunizaConrecords• Placementexams• TransportaContocampus• ConnecCngtosupportsoncampus• TheLog
College Coach Training
• Three-dayintensivetraining• DayOne:TheMatriculaConProcessandFinancialAid• DayTwo:CounselingSkills• DayThree:TheCUNYSystem
• SupportforCoaches• BTCCoordinator(aveterancoach)helpsruntheprogramandprovidesaddiConalsupporttoCoaches
• ThreeUACollegeCounselorssupervisingandsupporCng5Coaches
Program Successes
• 12%increaseincollegematriculaCon
• EffecCveandlowcostmodel($74perstudent)
• 7thBridgetoCollegesummer
• BTChasexpandedbeyondUA
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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.
OUTCOMES STUDENTS 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-income Are students of color
75%
31%
2.86
Study Abroad
Gear Up
Phi Theta Kappa
Works Force Development for summer internships
City Internships
Foster Care supports
Reconnection 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
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Access to
College DENVER
SCHOLARSHIP’S FOUNDERS BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF EDUCATION TO TRANSFORM LIVES
Timothy & Bernadette Márquez
Denver Mayor, John
Hickenlooper
Denver Public
Schools Superinten
dent, Michael Bennet
2006
Financial 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
2
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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
$30M Scholarships we have awarded
since 2007
5,000 Denver Scholarship scholars
80% 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
1,200 College or technical school graduates
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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
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Our services extend far beyond our scholars, amplifying DPS services and outreach to 14,000 students and families annually.
DSF FUTURE CENTERS Outreach 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 $2,80
0 Avera
ge 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
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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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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
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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 Lauire, Future Connect Scholarship Program * [email protected] * [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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