FirstGen Forward announces new class of Network Members
Eighty new institutions selected to FirstGen Forward Network based on demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation students
Guzman Oliver & King, 2018 / Journal of Business Diversity / December 2018
The performance funding model in Florida challenges institutions in the state university system to develop effective teaching strategies for all students. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) recognized that one metric could result in increasing the number of students who exhibit risk factors that negatively affect graduation rates. Using Schlossberg’s Transition Theory, FAU developed Reaching Individual Success and Empowerment (RISE); a research informed program that engages students in co-curricular, high impact educational practices. Preliminary findings suggests that the RISE Program may be instrumental in curtailing drop-out rates of first-generation, low socio-economic students in spite of their risk factors.