What We Have Learned About Preparing Transfer Students
The following post is based on a soon to be published chapter in Building Transfer Student Pathways for College and Career Success, Joseph & Poisel, (Editors), National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition. In the last twenty-five plus years, we have had the opportunity to work intentionally on designing transfer pathways for students who start at a community college and … Continue reading What We Have Learned About Preparing Transfer Students
What Coyote Stories Teach Us About Success
Among many Native Tribes in North America stories have been an important part of the oral traditions passed down over many generations. While each tribal group has stories unique to them, many times there are common themes shared by several different tribes. In the Northern Plains and Northwest U.S. these are often referred to as “Coyote Stories.” While not all stories involve Coyote, he is … Continue reading What Coyote Stories Teach Us About Success
Secret Sauce
This post originally appeared on the Johnson Scholarship Foundation website and was featured during JSF’s joint presentation with Pearson Inc. at the 2018 AHEAD Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The picture above features Eric Fisher, a Johnson Scholar who came to our dinner and spoke to the Grant Program Committee. His appearance and remarks resonated with a lesson that we have learned. The greater value of our … Continue reading Secret Sauce
Spending Time with Grantees
I recently visited with Sue Gillespie, CEO of Pathways to Education, and her team in Toronto. We are in the midst of a five-year grant agreement with Pathways, which is unfolding as we had hoped. Pathways asked for the meeting so that it could give us an update and discuss some longer term strategic issues that it is facing. Over the last couple of months … Continue reading Spending Time with Grantees
New Camp Reaches Indigenous High School Students
Dalhousie University’s Indigenous Health Program works with school boards and organizations (including the Johnson Scholarship Foundation) to increase recruitment and retention of Indigenous students into medicine. As part of the program, the first Kitpu Wise camp was offered this spring in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The camp focused on learning about health careers and postsecondary life while meeting new friends and having fun. Students aged 15-18 … Continue reading New Camp Reaches Indigenous High School Students
