The Puzzle Pieces: Aspiration, Academic Preparation, Social Support, Acceptance, Perseverance, Graduation, Employment, Societal & Professional Contribution
Students Pre-College/College/Post-College
- Pre-College Inspirational Message (Aim high) (Celebrities)
- Pre-College Resources: Open Source & Free (Khan, MIT)
- SAT/ACT
- First Generation Friendly Colleges/Universities
- Scholarships
- Applying
- Getting Accepted
College Students
- Stick-with-it Inspirational Message
- Academically Rigorous
- Learning and teaching styles
- For-Profit and Career Colleges
- Resources (Open Source & Free (Khan& MIT)
- Mentoring
- Social Capital
- Tutoring
- College Student Clubs
- Professors
- Carnegie Classification
- Principles of Academic Freedom
- Syllabus as Contract (Read fine print)
- Grade Appeals
- Part-time or Full-time attendance
- Academic rank (tenure or not)
- Faculty Unions (AAUP, AFT, NEA)
- In-Person or In-the-Cloud (To MOOC or not)
- Administrators and Staff
- College Relationships Today and Tomorrow
- Academic Rigor
- Accreditation: Regional or National, Institutional or Program
- Financial Aid Good, Bad &Ugly
- Return to Title III (what that entails)
- Academic Honesty (Don’t steal ideas without credit)
- Commencement (It is a big deal)
Students/Parents
Supporters
K-12 Schools Supporters (Sponsors)
- K-20 Schools Faculty & Counselors
- Inspirational message to counselors (moments matter, don’t give up!)
Colleges & Universities (Elite, Selective, Competitive and Northeastern Ohio)
- Message concerning social stratification and educational inequality
- Definitions of Academically Rigorous Institution & First Generation Friendly
- Inspirational message regarding human potential and early outreach
- Best Practices on Recruitment
- First-Year Experience
- Academic Advising
- One-Stop (Center) Advising
- Faculty Advising
- Best Practice Research Online Education & Social Capital Needs
- Best Practices Research on Remedial/Developmental Education
- Best Practices Research on Retention
- Retention Research Connections (peer)
- Retention Research Connections (faculty)
- Retention Research Connections (mentoring)
- Retention Academic Research (learning communities)
- Academic Deficiencies
- Research to Correct Deficiencies
- Academic Schedules
- Academic Majors
- STEM (Health Care)
- Business & Entrepreneurship
- Stakeholders Outreach
- Curriculum Advisory Committees
- Keeping First Generation Students (What Works)
- Bridge Programs
- Community College
- Transfer Policies and Best Practices
- Post-secondary enrollment option
- Graduation for First Generation Students
- For-profit colleges, trends, concerns
- Reverse Enrollments
- Town & Gown
Supporters/Sponsors)
Partial List of Organizations Supporting First Generation College Students
- FAFSA
- Association Assistance with College Research
- Association Assistance with College Visits
- Association Assistance with pre-college and post-college mentoring
- Association Assistance with academic preparation (tutoring)
- Association Assistance with Family or Community Outreach
- Associations affiliated with Complete College Agenda
- National
- Lumina Foundation
- Complete College America
- Northeastern Ohio
- Associations that serve academically rigorous institutions of higher learning
- CURRICULUM Business & Entrepreneurship
- Academic Support Services
- Student Life Support Services
- Support for Mentors & Mentoring
- Support for Tutoring
- Student Scholarships & Grants
- Student Resources: Links to First Generation Qualify
- Student Resources: African American
- Student Resources: Hispanic
- Student Resources: Native American
- Student Resources: Veterans
- Student Resources: Women
Corporate Sponsors
- First Generation College Student Workforce Recruitment (Internship)
First Generation College Graduate Workforce Recruitment - First Generation College Graduate Workforce Loyalty and Retention Programs
- Donors
- Products & Services
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