b3-creating-a-culture-of-autonomy-confidence-and-college-access

LeFlore | @Delonte_LeFlore Assistant Director of Admissions, Access and Diversity University of Cincinnati, Ohio Carver D.. | @MrKarver Assistant Director of Admissions, Access and Diver

Creating a Culture of Autonomy, Confidence, and College Access Through Strategic School District

Partnerships

DeRecco L Lynch | @Nuphaze

Associate Director of Admissions, Recruitment and

Strategic Populations

University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Delonte J LeFlore | @Delonte_LeFlore

Assistant Director of Admissions, Access and Diversity

University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Carver D Ealy Jr | @MrKarver

Assistant Director of Admissions, Access and Diversity

The Ohio State University, Ohio

Presentation Outcomes

• Carver insert cool pictures

• That represent community partnerships (CPS)

• Engaging with Students and college access

Presentation Outcomes

• Carver insert cool pictures

• That represent community partnerships (CPS)

• Engaging with Students and college access

• Think about the context of your university as it relates to the demographics represented within your community (city population, local high schools, etc.)

• Does your current university undergraduate student population reflect your community population ?

• Carver : we need a branded workshop that would include on reflection

questions through out this presentation

UC Context

• Insert UC logo

• Student populations 46,000

• Uptown 27,000

• Insert representation of City of Cincinnati

• 24% total population

• TBA % Total Diversity

• Insert CPS

• TBA % Total

• Think about how you currently engage high school students in the enrollment process

• How do we challenge ourselves to think creatively about leveraging high

school students in our college enrollment practices ?

Pathway to Broken Partnerships

• Legislative demands and institutional desire

• Institutional profile change and community impact

• Ten year comparison (2002-2018)

• Samuel DuBose

• Irate 8 and community demands

Pathway to Broken Partnerships

• IRATE 8 PHOTOS

Rebuilding Community Trust

• Diversity Taskforce

• Additional funding for admissions to support diversity efforts

• Multiple Diversity positions created in Admissions to manage diversity efforts

• CPS Strong Initiative

• Carver: Insert CPS Strong or Next Live Here branding

Rebuilding Community Trust:

CPS Ambassador Program

• Partnership with CPS District Office and High School Counselors

• Description of CPS Ambassador Program

• Carver create cool CPS branded images to be used to talk about the timeline of the CPS Ambassador Program

Rebuilding Community Trust: CPS Ambassador Program

• CPS Ambassador Program Mission

Quick Wins and Long Term Goals

Quick Wins

• Increased number CPS

Students through the

admissions funnel and

Long Term goals

QUICK WINS AND

LONG TERM GOALS

Long Term Goals

• CPS High Schools student will make up 5% of UC

undergraduate population by Fall 2023;

• Have participation of all 16 CPS High Schools by Fall 2020;

• Increase CPS Scholarship from $2,000 to $3,500;

• Fall 2022, analyze five years of CPS data to understand

program impact and track student success through graduation;

• Replicate this program for our Cincinnati none CPS High Schools.

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Leveraging peer-to-peer in recruitment

• Development of Curriculum

• 70 hours of summer training and includes overnight program

• College Access workshops in high schools

• 6 program x 15 high schools = 90 programs

• Support CPS Ambassador through their college search process

• Sense of belonging and development of relationships

• UC Recruitment Efforts

• CPS Ambassador Scholarship

Brian Storming Activity

• Take five mins in a group to ideate on ways in which you can challenge how your institution engages with high school students in the enrollment process

Key Takeaways

Q&A