NC State University TRiO Programs

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NC State UniversityTRiO Programs

• Educational Talent Search 1991
• Upward Bound 1978

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TRiO Programs

• Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
  (initially just three programs).
• Now there are 7 (UB, UB Math Science, Veterans
  UB, ETS, SSS, EOC, McNair, Training

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Purpose

• To provide educational opportunity for all
  Americans regardless of race, ethnic background
  or economic circumstance.
• TRiO Programs assist LI/FG Americans to enter
  college, graduate and move on to participate more
  fully in America's economic and social life.

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TRiO Programs

• First-generation (FG)
• Neither parent graduated from college (4-year)
• Low-income (LI)
• Come from families at or below 150 of poverty
  (2/21,000) As determined by the US Census
  Bureau

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TRiO ProgramsNational Data

• More than 27,000 Programs nationally serving over
  900,000 students
• Service Population 6th Grade through Collegiate
• 37W, 35AA, 19 H/L, 4 NA, 4 A, 1 other
• COE 2008

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NCSU TRIO Programs

• Educational Talent Search
• 800 Students
• 6th -12 Grade
• Wake, Durham Johnston Counties
• 12 Target Schools

• Upward Bound
• 120 Students
• 9th 12th Grade
• Wake, Vance Franklin Counties
• 6 Target Schools

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SERVICES

• Educational Talent Search
• Grade Monitoring
• Tutoring
• Academic and Personal Skill Development
• College Admission Assistance
• College and Cultural Exposure
• Academic Advisement

• Upward Bound
• Grade Monitoring
• Tutoring
• Academic and Personal Skill Development
• College Admission Assistance
• College and Cultural Exposure
• Academic Advisement
• Residential Component

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Educational Talent Search2007 APR Data

• 659AA (82), 77W, 26H/L, 11NA, 5A, 22 Mixed
  Race
• 94 Grade Promotion Rate
• 89 College Application Rate
• 89 College Enrollment Rate
• More than 20 of all AA and Hispanic freshmen
  enrolled in college participated in ETS and EOC
  Programs COE 2008

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Upward Bound2007 APR Data

• 97AA (81), 1W, 0H/L, 1NA, 0A, 21Mixed Race
• 100 Grade Promotion Rate
• 100 College Application Rate
• 100 College Enrollment Rate

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UB Degree Completion2005 APR Data

• 64.5 5-year degree completion rate
• UB Participants are 4 times more likely to earn
  an undergraduate degree than those students from
  similar backgrounds who did not participate in
  TRIO. COE 2008

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What does this mean for NCSU?

• Pool of Students to add Diversity to campus.
• Ethnicity as well as socio-economic
• Better Prepared and More acclimated
• Automatic Financial incentive w/ Pack Promise

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What does this mean for NCSU?

• 20 30 TRIO Students enrolled annually
• Issues
• University loses accepted students to
  institutions who offer better financial aid
  packages

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UNC Tomorrow Connection

• 4.2 Access to Higher Education
• Increase access to higher education
• Underserved regions
• Underrepresented populations
• Non-traditional students

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UNC Tomorrow Connection

• 3 Pre-College Programs have been identified by
  UNC GA as Model Programs to address the 4.2
  Access Initiative
• TRIO Programs (ETS and UB)
• MSEN Programs
• GEAR Up Programs
• Pre-College Advisory Committee Created

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COLLABORATION

• Road to continued Success
• Campus-wide Pre-College Program Office
• University Colleges
• Student Affairs Department

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NC State UniversityTRiO ProgramsDirector,
Marsha Pharr

• Upward Bound
• Coordinators
• Willie Edmonds
• Cecilia Johnson
• Administrative Asst.
• Julie Freeman

• Educational Talent Search
• Coordinators
• Sandra Conoly
• Marion Carter
• Vacant
• Support Staff
• Cynthia Gross-Heck

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