Retention program including a freshman orientation symposium, individual assistance, peer mentors, culturally competent student success series, and outreach to middle school, high school and community college students.
Institution:
North Carolina State University
Academic Level:
Baccalaureate
Issue Area:
Academic Program
Year:
2009
Designation:
SEMILLAS
Key Personnel:
Ray, Tracey
City:
Raleigh
State:
NC
Zip:
27695 Goal/Mission:
- Enhance students' and parents' orientation to the university through the Hispanic Orientation Symposium.
- Increase retention and graduation rates of incoming and continuing students through Peer Mentor Program and SABA-Hispanic Enrichment Program.
- Increase students' knowledge relative to scholastic and cultural contributions of people of Latino heritage through the Latino Student Success Series.
- Provide an increased sense of community for Latino students.
- Improve the academic performance of sophomore and other upperclassmen that currently have less than a 2.4 GPA through the SABA-Hispanic Academic Enrichment Program.
- Increase outreach efforts among Latino families at the middle school, high school, and community college level through student recruitment and outreach.
Outcome:
North Carolina State created a "cradle-to-college" model addressing access and retention of Latino students and created a full time assistant director for Hispanic Student Affairs to support this model. A number of initiatives were started including the following: Hispanic/Latino Symposium;
enhanced student retention efforts; hired Latino recruitment captains; Hispanic/Latino Advisory Group formed; Vecinos/Neighbor initiative.
The above initiatives increased the opportunity to advocate for Latino students at the university.
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