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Beyond Boarders For First-Generation Students, Nayeli Ortiz
Beyond Boarders For First-Generation Students, Nayeli Ortiz
Management Undergraduate Honors Theses
1. Tabeling at TRIO and Multicultural Center events
2. Require academic advisors to have at least one conversation with every student about studying abroad (never assume a student is not interested or unable to go)
3. Overtly feature first-generation study abroad students in social media and Hogs Abroad website.
4. Network interested students with students who have completed study abroad
5. Offer a promotional study-abroad program for first-generation students
6. Promote funding information and add more first-generation specific scholarships
Examining The Relationship Between Student Support Services And Student Outcomes At A Four-Year Institution, Angela Williams
Examining The Relationship Between Student Support Services And Student Outcomes At A Four-Year Institution, Angela Williams
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study identified and examined the service variable combination(s) provided by Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO program that had a statistically significant relationship with program participants’ academic performance and retention. SSS is a federally funded program designed to increase the retention and graduation rates of undergraduate first-generation, low-income, disabled college students. While SSS has played a significant role in the retention of disadvantaged students, scarce empirical research exist which examine the combination of SSS services that affect students’ academic performance and retention. Considering SSS programs will probably not experience large increases in federal support in the future and given the …