Initiatives | Goal | Means of Achieving | Outcome | Methods of Assessment | Results | Result Use |
Community | Provide
several first
generation
students the
opportunity
to participate
in an
alternative
spring break,
service
learning
trip/project.
| Provide
several first
generation
students the
opportunity
to participate
in an
alternative
spring break,
service
learning
trip/project.
| Students will
participate in daily
reflection activities, for
the purpose of
identifying and
internalizing the
personal and
community benefits of
the service provided,
in order to promote
civic engagement and
service learning.
Project goals include
life-long commitment
to civic engagement
and service, awareness
of community needs,
and an enhanced sense
of the responsibilities
inherent in being a
citizen of a
community.
| Students will be
surveyed before and
after the trip in
order to measure
impact on attitudes
and perspectives
relating to civic
engagement and
service.
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Community | Provide
students with
exposure to
potential
post-college
career
opportunities.
| Increase student exposure to
career options after college
by organizing visits to
various businesses and
corporations within the
greater Ogden, Utah area.
Students will meet and
interact with professionals
from a variety of careers, and
tour their work spaces.
| Students will learn the
values of various
degrees in relation to
real career
opportunities. Students
will gain exposure to a
variety of work
environments, in order
to help them better
predict their potential
job satisfaction in
various career fields.
Students will make
personal connections
with professionals.
| A qualitative survey
will be distributed to
all participating
students directly
following each
organized trip.
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Diversity | Not less than two-thirds of the project participants will be: (i) Low-income individuals who are first generation college students; or (ii) Individuals with disabilities.
| Inform applicants of
eligibility criteria. Collect
and track eligibility criteria
for each student accepted
into SSS. Track composite
eligibility percentages.
| Maintaining these numbers for low-income, first generation and low- income students ensures the SSS services, which are designed for these populations, are delivered in the most effective and efficient manner possible. This, in turn, will increase the retention and graduation rates for project participants. | Continually monitor
eligibility criteria
percentages for all
SSS participants
presently being
served.
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Learning | Eighty (80%)
percent of all
enrolled
participants
served by the
SSS project
will meet the
performance
level required
to stay in
good
academic
standing at
the grantee
institution.
| TRIO Student Support
Services participants receive
academic support that relates
to their coursework. Support
includes study skills
workshops, general academic
advising such as assistance
with course selection, one-
on-one and group tutoring, as
well as professional
mentoring on issues that
affect academic success.
Well qualified staff address
the needs of the project
participants through a
comprehensive and intrusive
delivery of academic services
outlined above.
| Participants will use
appropriate academic
support services in
order to remain in
good academic
standing at WSU.
| Monitor students'
participation levels
in workshops and
advising
appointments. After
each semester,
students' transcripts
will be checked to
determine academic
standing.
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Learning | Sixty-Eight (68%) percent of all participants served by the SSS project will persist from one academic year to the beginning of the next academic year or graduate. |
Staff coordinates and
presents workshops that
focuses on orientation to the
university, addressing
assessment of personal and
academic needs, academic
skills building, class
registration, and finalizing
financial aid applications.
Personal development
activities focus on the needs
of the participant including
professional mentoring, self-
motivation and direct and
self-assessment. The
participants receive
assistance in the selection of
courses to ensure proper
registration, course
preparation, long term
educational and professional
goals and a timely
graduation.
| Students will select
those services offered
by SSS that will
enhance their
academic careers such
that they are able to
either remain at WSU
in subsequent
semesters or graduate.
| SSS participants
will receive
academic and
personal mentoring
or participate in SSS
workshops or
tutoring sessions as
prescribed by needs
assessment forms.
Participation will be
documented by
contacts entered into
program database,
sign-in sheets, and
tutoring database
forms. Student
transcripts will be
checked at the end
of the fiscal year to
determine
persistence.
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