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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Audience Q&A

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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

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.

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%

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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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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 *  morgane@COLLEGEACCESS.ORG

*  Cassie Magesis, Urban Assembly, Bridge to College Program *  cmagesis@urbanassembly.org

*  Pam Blumenthal and Josh Lauire, Future Connect Scholarship Program *  pamela.blumenthal15@pcc.edu *  josh.laurie@pcc.edu

*  Rana Tarkenton, Denver Scholarship Foundation *  rtarkenton@denverscholarship.org

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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