Index

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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