Yes We Must Coalition www.yeswemustcoalition.org Presentation to College/Career Affinity Group January 15, 2013 Gary Bonvillian, President Thomas University [email protected]Nancy Moody, President Tusculum College [email protected]Gloria Nemerowicz, President Yes We Must Coalition [email protected]
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Yes We Must Coalitionwww.yeswemustcoalition.org
Presentation to College/Career Affinity GroupJanuary 15, 2013
• Preparation for College – Grades 9-12 Application Deadlines ACT/SAT Tests Major/Career Planning Financing Post-Secondary Education Deciding on a Post-Secondary Institution Questions to Ask During Campus Visits
Empowering Students: Success
• College TRIO Programs Student Support Services (1997) ARCHES (2010)
• Campus Programs Activities to support persistence and graduation• Living Learning Communities• Grant Aid• Cultural Awareness Programs• Academic Advising & Tutoring Services• Conditional Admissions• Materials Loan program• Staff Focusing Totally on Retention
Preparation for Success:Bridging Bridges
•U. S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant• Northeast Tennessee College and Career Ready
Consortium (NETCO)
•Niswonger Foundation Professionalism for Leadership Grant
Empowering Students at Thomas University
• Pre-college Program
• 2 + 2 articulation agreements with community colleges
• Academic policies: grade renewal and grade forgiveness
• Early Alert process/intervention strategies
Engaging Students: Breaking Down Barriers to Success
• Proactive Integrated Advising
• TRIO Secondary and Post-secondary programs at a private university
• Developmental Studies program linked with college classes
• Performance Enhancement Center for student athletes
• Unique Academic Policies that support Stop Out students
Engaging Students (Cont.)• Distance students at TU are equally engaged in
courses, support services…
• OWL-Older Wiser Learner student organization
• Honor Societies Exclusively For Special Populations –recognize and acknowledge the academic achievement of non-traditional and student veterans
• Alpha Sigma Lambda-honor society for non-trad students
• SALUTE-honor society for Veterans
Transforming Students: Changing Lives from Admission to Graduation
• Student Transformations—ample evidence of student transformations, both qualitative and quantitative
• UniqueTU Score Card of successes with non-traditional students, stop-out and transfer students