| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.01 |
| Liaison | Katie Koscielak |
| Submission Date | May 8, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cal Poly Humboldt
PAE-10: Affordability and Access Programs
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Radha
Webley Director Office of Diversity and Inclusion |
Does the institution have policies and programs in place to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
A brief description of the institution’s participation in federal TRIO programs:
Talent Search TRiO:
Talent Search TRiO is a pre-college program that provides services to help improve the academic strengths and college readiness of students in the 6th through 12th grades. Academic Advisors provide tutoring, mentoring, campus tours, information for parents, and workshops on a variety of topics, including study skills, college preparation, college financial aid, and career guidance, to eligible students. All services are brought to the students' school site. The program serves 10 elementary, middle, and junior high schools, 6 high schools and 1 continuation school in Humboldt and Trinity counties. http://www.humboldt.edu/talentsearch/
TRiO Upward Bound:
TRiO Upward Bound is a federally funded, college preparatory program designed to generate the skills and motivation necessary for postsecondary educational success among limited-income high school students whose parents do not hold a four year college degree. TRiO Upward Bound serves students in six target area high schools in Humboldt and Trinity counties. The program includes a five-week summer session and school-year tutoring, academic advising and monitoring, college and career exploration, and financial aid awareness training offered at school sites. http://www.humboldt.edu/trioupwardbound/
A brief description of the institution’s policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students?:
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program in the Biological Sciences:
Provides academic support, a 2-year academic stipend, and research training opportunities, for undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups who intend to enroll in graduate school in one of the biological sciences. http://www.humboldt.edu/urm
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Grants:
Annual need-based grants of up to $1,000 awarded to low-income, first-generation students in the Educational Opportunity Program.
Student Support Services (SSS) Grants:
Need-based grants of up to $3,000 awarded during the freshman year, based on SSS eligibility, Pell Grant eligibility, financial need, and class standing.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to equip the institution's faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
Institute for Student Success – Professional Development Conference
The Institute for Student Success is a semi-annual one-day professional development event for faculty, staff, and administrators offering a wide range of workshops focused on effective pedagogy, diversity, inclusive communities, and student success. http://www.humboldt.edu/institute
Institute for Student Success – Book Circles
In order to extend and enrich campus conversations about meeting our students' needs, the Institute for Student Success – in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion – offers professional development book circles for faculty and staff each semester. Titles change each semester, but focus on the core themes of effective pedagogy, diversity, inclusive communities, and student success. http://www.humboldt.edu/institute/book_circles.html
New Employee Orientation:
All new staff participate in new employee orientation, including a 20-minute segment with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which reviews the diversity-oriented goals of the campus and provides new employees with tools and resources they can use to learn more about how to serve students from all backgrounds.
New Faculty Orientation:
Each fall, all new faculty participate in an orientation, including a 1-hour “world-café”-style conversation with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which reviews the diversity-oriented goals of the campus and provides new faculty members with tools and resources that will help them develop professionally and better serve students from all backgrounds.
Student Affairs Workshop:
As part of a series of monthly professional development seminars for Student Affairs staff, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion offered a one-hour workshop about diversity-related efforts on campus, with a particular focus on strategies student affairs staff can implement in their own work to make HSU more accessible and inclusive for students from all backgrounds.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to prepare students from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
Student Support Services:
Student Support Services programs provides academic, financial aid, advising, mentoring, and career support services to low-income and first-generation students. Two specific Student Support Services are described below. http://www.humboldt.edu/sss/
Student Academic Services Outreach Program (SASOP):
Aims to increase college enrollment of students who are disadvantaged due to economic, educational, and/or environmental backgrounds. Encourages and assists students in applying to HSU, and provides a comprehensive program of outreach services designed to inform students and parents about admission requirements, financial aid, and educational opportunities available at CSU campuses. http://humboldt.edu/sasop/
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP):
Aims to increase access and improve retention of low-income and historically underrepresented students in higher education. EOP provides admissions, academic advising, counseling, tutorial support, and financial assistance to eligible low-income California residents. http://www.humboldt.edu/eop/
Former Foster Youth Programs:
A newly established program, and run in conjunction with the SASOP and TRiO programs, the Former Foster Youth Program provides advising and support to former foster youth now attending HSU, providing financial, social, cultural, and academic support and referrals designed to build peer community and mentorship and lead to their academic success, persistence, and graduation. This program also supports a campus club for former foster youth: E.L.I.T.E (Excelling and Living Independently Through Education) Scholars.
Note that Talent Search TRiO and TRiO Upward Bound (described above) also prepare students from low-income backgrounds for higher education.
A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
CSU Scholarship Programs:
The Student Academic Services Outreach Program (SASOP) coordinates and promotes CSU Scholarship Programs, including a Future Scholars Scholarship Program and a CSU Graduate Equity Fellowship Program. http://humboldt.edu/sasop/activities.html
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholarship:
Funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Indian Natural Resource, Science and Engineering Program (INRSEP), the LSAMP scholarship provides funding to support students from groups which are historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and who are pursuing graduate programs.
Maggie Griffin Scholarship and Ronda Marshall Memorial Scholarship:
Scholarships for low-income students who are affiliated with a tribal entity, with particular focus on the following California tribes: Hoopa Valley, Yurok, Karuk. http://www.humboldt.edu/itepp/family/Nativescholarships.htm
Individual academic departments, student support programs, and the Office of Financial Aid administer nearly 100 need-based scholarships for students each year. http://www.humboldt.edu/finaid/scholarships.html#hsu-schols
A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide parents of low-income students through the higher education experience:
Talent Search TRiO, TRiO Upward Bound, and Student Academic Services Outreach Program (SASOP) (all described above) provide workshops and support for parents to help them navigate the higher education experience with their children.
Each fall, the Humboldt Orientation Program (HOP) offers 3-days of orientation programming for families of new HSU students. Parent-specific workshops cover a range of topics, including financing college, resource overviews, meetings with student services officers, campus tours, strategies for supporting your student, and meetings with academic departments and advisors. http://www.humboldt.edu/family/
A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
Talent Search TRiO andTRiO Upward Bound (described above) also recruit students from low-income backgrounds.
Student Academic Services Outreach Program (SASOP):
Aims to increase college enrollment of students who are disadvantaged due to economic, educational, and/or environmental backgrounds. Encourages and assists students in applying to HSU, and provides a comprehensive program of outreach services designed to inform students and parents about admission requirements, financial aid, and educational opportunities available at CSU campuses. http://humboldt.edu/sasop/
American Indian College Motivation Day:
Brings approximately 200 high school students from 30 different schools 30 different tribal affiliations throughout Northern California to HSU for a day each fall. Students have the opportunity to be instantly admitted to HSU, and attend workshops led by United Indian Health Services, Tribal affiliates, UC college representatives, and HSU personnel. The day concludes with a College Fair, in which students are exposed to college representatives, several community organizations, and HSU programs. http://www.humboldt.edu/sasop/aicmd.html
A brief description of the institution’s other admissions policies and programs:
Humboldt State University is an impacted campus at the freshman level and will use supplemental admissions criteria to admit first-time freshmen for the fall 2013 semester. A small percentage of the freshman class may be admitted based on the eligibility index and additional characteristics, including first generation college status, socioeconomic factors, skills or talents that align with or contribute to special university programs, and evidence of overcoming educational obstacles.
http://pine.humboldt.edu/admissions/apply/freshmen_eligible.html
A brief description of the institution’s other financial aid polices or programs:
The HSU Financial Aid Office is committed to assisting students seeking resources to finance their education by administering federal, state and institutional aid programs, and providing a fair, sensitive and confidential environment in which students can receive a variety of counseling and other resources to assist in making informed financial decisions. The Financial Aid Office supports students in applying for four basic types of financial aid: scholarships (including HSU-specific scholarships and a number of local scholarships administered by outside organizations), grants (including Cal Grants, Pell Grants, State University Grants, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grants/Scholarships), work-study, and loans (including federal student loans, Perkins loans, and parent loans). Most of these programs are applied for by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
http://www.humboldt.edu/finaid/
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