2. Outline:
Identify the population
Importance of Retention
Attracting factors for First Generation and Diverse students
Retaining factors for First Generation and Diverse students
Opportunities for institutions going forward
Challenges for institutions going forward
Conclusion
3. What is a first generation student?
Defined as a student whose parent(s) or
legal guardian(s) have not completed a
bachelor’s degree.
Verbiage has been changed in recent years
to completed from attended.
1in 4 Students entering higher education
are first generation.
4. What is a Diverse Student?
A diverse student can be defined
as a student that comes from a
racially, ethnically, culturally and
linguistically diverse family,
community, or lower
socioeconomic status.
7. Trends of both populations:
These students tend to come from low-
income families
Attain lower college entrance exam scores
Members of an ethnic or racial minority
Lack support from those at home including
family and friends.
research.collegeboard.org/sites/d
efault/files/publications/2013/8/
presentation-apac-2013-first-
generation-college-aspirations-
preparedness-challenges.pdf
8. Why is it important to
recruit this population
of students ?
9. Population Growth
Hispanic Population on campus
This group has grown from 10.6 percent of the nation's campus population in 1995
to 15.4 percent in 2015.
The year 2043
African-American population growth
Asians population growth are projected
Maxwell, 2014
12. First Generation growth
30% of higher education students entering college are going to be the first
generation to attend school.
24% (4.5 million students) will be BOTH first in their family to go to college and be
a low income student.
Of the 7.3 million full-time undergraduates currently attending four-year
public and private nonprofit institutions, about 20% are the first in their
families to go to college.
(Humphreys,2015).
13. Financial Benefit:
Low EFC (expected family contribution)
Full Pell eligible
Full state grant eligible
PHEAA for PA
Internal funding will be low
14. School Profile:
The Census Bureau projects that by the year 2100, the U.S. minority
population will become the majority with non-Hispanic whites making up only
40% of the U.S. population
Making a school profile more diverse opens up recruiting opportunities for
distant students
As you diversify your profile the university will appeal to the growing target
market
20. Cost of Schooling-Scholarship
Athletics
$2.7 billion in athletics scholarships awarded annually to
more than 150,000 student-athletes
Must pass the NCAA Clearing House (2.5 GPA)
D1 & D2 can offer partial scholarships (“belt”
Scholarships)
D3 can not offer athletic Scholarships
D3 is also the largest
http://www.ncaa.org/about?division
21. Cost of Schooling-Scholarship
Endowment
University alumni
Honorary awards
Usually selected through a committee
First Generation Endowment
Diversity Endowment
http://brandywine.psu.edu/scholarships
22. Cost of Schooling-Scholarship
Private
Non-profit Organizations
Family Scholarships
Charity
Company
www.fastweb.com
www.myscholly.com
www.scholarship.com
www.schoolsoup.com
www.petersons.com
http://www.schoolsoup.com
23. Cost of Schooling-Financial Aid
Determines based off of the student’s EFC
Determines State and Federal Grant
Determines Institutional grant funding
24. Community-Location
Where is the school located geographically
School Setting
Distance from home
https://www.ruffalonl.com/doc
uments/shared/Papers_and_Res
earch/2012/2012_Factors_to_En
roll.pdf
29. School Profile-Class Size Average
Style of learning
Relearning how to learn
High school prep
Affects teaching style
Individual learning style
31. School Profile-Safety
Violent crime rate
On campus incidents
Building Security
Safe Ride Programs
Public Safety Department
32. School Profile-Academic Offerings
Availability of Majors
Availability of Minors
Professional programs
Pre-professional programs
Double major
34. Admissions Process
Easy of application
Fee Waivers (Collegboard)
Visit opportunities
Accepted student days
Consistent support
35. Smith College San Diego State
First Generation
http://www.smith.edu/firstyear/orien
tation_groups.php
Smithies
Bridge programs
Mentoring
Diverse (Hispanic)
Priority Funding
Bridge program
Mentoring
38. Retaining Factors-Financial Support
Support after they arrive on campus (Year after Year)
Understanding aid
Loans
Entrance Counseling
Master Promissory Note
Internal scholarship opportunities
Finding a Work study on campus
41. Retaining Factors-Community
Active Organizations
Research
Internships
Study Abroad
School spirit
https://admissions.msu.
edu/campuslife/studentL
ife_diversityClubs.asp
http://www.diversit
y.va.gov/programs/i
nternship.aspx
42. Retaining Factors-Academic Supports
First alert systems
Academic tutoring Services
Career support
Note takers
ACT 101
First year Seminars
44. Competitive Scholarship
Special endowment or scholarship for the population
Specific discount rate or leveraging system
100%, 75%, 50% scholarship opportunity for the population
https://www.kings.edu/life_at_kings/hispanic_o
utreach/monsignor_mcgowan
48. Living Learning Communities
Family Feeling
keeps the population together
Grow together
Academic support
http://www.uky.edu/housing/undergraduate/llp/first-
generation-community
49. Cultural Diversity/ First Generation
Centers
Help integrate into a new area
Provide support through hardships
Help explain cultural differences
Sanctuary
50. Academic/Career Support
Uncapped Tutoring services
Variety of styles of tutoring
First Year Foundation Courses
Interview Prep
Resume and Cover Letter Prep
Dinner Training
Mentoring
Social
Academic
Career /Networking
Freshman Seminars
51. Faculty and Staff Growth
Training sessions
Involving students in conference and research
Seminars about the population of students Entering College
Sessions about challenges these student face in the classroom
http://diverseeducation.com/article/
78225/
53. Challenges of recruiting this population
Starting a diversity program
What type of diversity
Ethnic, geographic, international?
Pre-planning
Funding the initiative
Scholarships
Recruitment plan
Recruitment personal
Facilities
Diversity/First Generation Center
Open Communication
Educating Students about your
school
University Buy in!
http://www.simplyhired.com/salaries-k-director-global-diversity-
jobs.html
55. Challenges of Retaining This Population
Type of mentoring
Academic support
Delivering on programs
Breaking the Mold
Class room buy in
Financial Aid
Cultural Difference
Location
http://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/recruit/litr
eview.htm
56. Conclusion
Definition of Diverse and First Generation
students
Why recruit these populations
How to recruit them
How to retain them
Opportunities for schools to recruit and retain
Challenges for schools to recruit and retain
By changing the verbage to NOT Completed from attend made a huge rise in first generation identifies.
For wilkes itself we went from 28% first gen to 53% 1st gen
10.8 million first geners
This is showing that the two populations can technically be considered one because the largest portion of first generes are minority students
In the year 2043 the us cencus beuro projects that with the rising birth rates of Hispanic and declining rates of whites that the majority population for the first time ever will be non-white
Asian population will grow by 2060 from 15.9mil to 34.4 million
African American will grow from 41.2million to 61.8 mill in 2060
During this time Hispanics will also grow significantly from 53.5mill to 128.8million
This chart is showing that diverse students that are taking the to go to school. The largest portion of diverse 1st gen is the Hispanic portion.
This is showing that once theses student take theis test the are trending towards larger public school and will show in the future how the private school sector can really benefit and change its school profile by using the opportunist suggested later to help enrollment
Explain EFC and what is means and does
What pel lelgible means
Pheaa
Why internal funds will be low
Distatnce learner can see the profile and get a feel of what to expect on campus when they arrive vs having to see it first hand first huge marketing opp.
Seeing a price is like meeting a person for the first time
What you do to get merit
Full ride programs
D3 is biggest 180k students 450 school
After jr year can make offers
Can do used different way for retaining and recruiting
One here is a memory award the other is specific for 1st gen
Red had left hand story
Petersons.com
2.3bill left overprivatly
Changing to prefer a small town or city setting form the big city In the begin. The population is learning where it is sucsesfuol
OMA is office of multicultural affairs
that requiring a college application essay decreases the number of applications received at that college by 6.5%. We also find that increasing the application fee by 10% corresponds to roughly a 1% decrease in applications”
James Scannellwriter for the business university.com conducded a study that resulted in finding when first generation students leave a university beforegraduatio nthe main factors are affordability, cot and aid
Data on right is a set done that is what bridge program goal are for students going through them and are directly aligned with retention efforts
University of Michigan has great brdgie program and their retention went from 13% to 14.4% this year.
Office of diversity and inclution on us veteran affairs
Nascar
Kings diversity is at 3% African American 1% Asian 6% Hispanic 75%white 13% NA this is first year with program
Barnard college is number 267 in ethnic diversity
Only 27% of studnets come from home state ny
Made up of 41 other states
Ranks 101 for geographic diversity
Fly in by charels torres
Faculty at ohio state at mainsfeild