Reaching Diverse and Nontraditional Students Through Honors Programs
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Reaching Diverse and Nontraditional Students
Through Honors ProgramsLeague for Innovation Conference
March 5, 2012
Increase retention and graduation rates Bridge the achievement gap between white
and non-white students Offer them an honors experience if they had
been denied the chance in high school
Why do you want to target under-represented & nontrad’l groups?
Peterson’s Honors Programs• Only 6.5% of community colleges have honors
programs; over 40% of these have been established during the last ten years
• 2-yr ccs also have comparatively larger percentage of Hispanic students
• Honors programs tend to have less than 500 students. At 2-yr ccs, over half have less than 100 students.
• The ethnic makeup is disproportionately white.
Facts
What is your outreach plan?
Rack cards, dean’s list postcards,ads in the schedule of classes
Ice Cream Social Invitations, pizza at honors club meetings, e-blasts
Who are you targeting now?
The ethnic makeup of Mesa Honors program is similar to that of the college.
There were 23,942 students enrolled at Mesa College in Spring 2011. Of those, 565 enrolled in honors
African AmerAmer IndianAsianFilipinoLatinoPac IslanderWhiteOtherDecline to Say
Ethnicity Honors Mesa Pop.
African Am 33 (6%) 1731 (8%)AmerIndian
7 (1%) 154 (1%)
Asian 79 (15%) 2803 (12%)
Filipino 20 (4%) 1162 (5%)Latino 115 (21%) 6640
(29%)PacIslander
4 (1%) 182 (1%)
White 222 (42%) 8984 (39%)
Other 54 (10%) 1268 (5%)Decline2Say
31 1018
African American Latino0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
6%
21%
12%
30%
20%
40%
What is your target in 5 / 10 yrs?
Who does the outreach?
The Board meets two times per semester
More SS: Counselors, Mesa Academy for African American students, Transfer Center, Mesa Athletics Program
Honors Advisory Board (20)
Student Services Staff
(7)
Honors Club Officers /
students (5)
Honors Faculty, Honors
Coordinators, Dean (8)
High school outreach (www.sdmesa.edu/outreach)
Honors ambassadors visiting classes the first weeks of the semester
Student Services Fairs & Transfer Day Fairs: Honors Club (www.sdmesa.edu/honors/events.cfm) Book Awards and many other scholarships (
www.sdmesa.edu/honors/scholarship.cfm) Visits by distinguished guests (e.g., Provosts,
Deans of Admissions) from transfer universities
How do you reach your target audience?
Example: Offer unique opportunities -- Student conferences (HTCC at UC Irvine & UCLA TAP)
Example: Offer honors courses that reflect our student diversity
Our Honors CORE consists of 20 courses, in addition to the existing 10+ ad hoc honors courses
www.sdmesa.edu/honors/pdf/global-competencies.pdf
Fall Courses Spring Courses
Art History 110 Art History 111Chic Studies 141
Black Studies 140
Economics 120 Economics 121English 101 English 205Math 119 Philosophy 100Pers Growth 120
Humanities 106
Political Sci 101 Anthropology 103
Psychology 166 Sociology 110Speech 103 Music 109Spanish 101 Spanish 102
HONORS GLOBAL COMPETENCIES CERTIFICATE
WHY EARN A CERTIFICATE IN GLOBAL COMPETENCIES? An Honors Global Competencies Certificate of Achievement offers students the opportunity to gain a global perspective in multiple areas of study to enhance their critical thinking and intercultural competencies in order to compete in today’s global economy. It is useful for those considering careers in numerous fields, including law, politics, international affairs, education, and social service. Students interested in distinguishing their academic record should apply. All courses (20 units min.)in the certificate program are UC & CSU transferable and emphasize areas such as intercultural issues; globalization; world philosophical, political, economic, and social systems; and international relations.
Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships ($30,000/year x 5years) www.jkcf.org
All USA Phi Theta Kappa Awards ($2,500/winner) http://www2.ptk.org/schol/aaat/announce.htm
HNIP (Hispanic National Internship Program) nominations www.hacu.net/hacu/HNIP.asp
HTCC (Honors Transfer Council of California) Exemplary Achievement Awards www.honorstcc.org/scholarships
MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) and CAMP (California Alliance for Minority Participation) Scholarships at UCSD http://aep.ucsd.edu/?action=programs
Example: Promote prestigious scholarship opportunities
Boren Awards - provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad www.borenawards.org
Gilman Awards - offers grants of up to $8,000 to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world www.iie.org/gilman
Freeman-Asia Awards – offers grants up to $7,000 designed to support U.S. undergraduates with demonstrated financial need who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia www.iie.org/freeman-asia
Example: Promote international education opportunities
Describe your college’s Honors / Scholars Program.
How does your Honors Program encourage and promote diversity on campus?
What can you do to reach out more to underrepresented and non-traditional college students?
What immediate steps will you take in order for this to happen?
Discussion
Contact information:Dr. Leticia P. López,
Honors & International Education CoordinatorSan Diego Mesa College
[email protected] (619) 388-2353
www.sdmesa.edu/honors