KCC Receives Grant To Re-Engage And Re-Enroll Kingsborough Students
KCC Receives Grant To Re-Engage And Re-Enroll Kingsborough Students
KCC Receives Grant To Re-Engage And Re-Enroll Kingsborough Students
Kingsborough Community College (KCC) received a grant of $250,000 to re-engage high school graduates who applied to KCC but never enrolled at any college and re-enrollment of first-time freshmen who stopped out before finishing their degrees. The grant was awarded by the Heckscher Foundation for Children, in partnership with the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation. The program will be housed in the KCC FLEX office, which oversees students enrolled in fully online and hybrid degree programs.
Studies show that, while motivated by the prospects of a higher-paying job, a rewarding career and the need for new skills, some students sometimes need an extra hand starting or completing their education.
“We’ve learned that highly personalized outreach is most effective for enrolling stop-out or never-enrolled students. Bulk, standardized, impersonal messages are generally ignored,” noted KCC Provost Joanne Russell. “Through our highly successful FLEX program, we’ve also learned that an enrollment advisor or coach is a key element.”
The grant will provide the means for the College to hire a career counselor who will work with students individually and in workshops; a student success coach who will work one-on-one with new and returning students to address barriers to enrollment, identify a program of study, register for classes, and maintain academic progression; and an enrollment coach.
Trained to reconnect students with their original goal for attending college and discuss issues that kept students from completing the enrollment process or persisting, the enrollment coach will work with high school students to develop a personalized academic plan that illustrates courses, requirements, timeline, and cost to completion prior to re-enrolling, providing a visualization of the path to graduation.
The student coach will serve as the single point of contact for students. They are able to reach out on their behalf to various offices on campus, decreasing challenges students may encounter in navigating the enrollment or re-enrollment process. Because emotional stress is often a significant barrier, the coach is trained to work with students to develop strategies for balancing study, relationships, and life commitments, as well as how to manage stress. They can also make referrals to campus counseling and support centers for those that need additional support.
Working with partner community-based organizations as well as the College’s main feeder high schools, it is estimated that 1,200 students may find their way to earning or completing a degree at Kingsborough by the end of the grant period in November 2023.
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