Mobilize community colleges to address low-income students' basic needs and financial stability to support completion¶

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Description¶

The report concludes that "community colleges can mobilize to address the needs of low-income students and students of color" by integrating services that help students "improve their financial knowledge, budgeting skills and choice of financial products, and develop and implement achievable career plans." This strategy pairs intensive one-on-one services, customized to individual needs and goals, with less intensive group-delivered services to expand reach. Implementation and outcomes studies of the WSSN together ground this recommendation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• College capacity to deliver both one-on-one and group-setting services integrated across support pillars

Constraints¶

• Findings drawn from WSSN implementation and outcomes studies in nineteen community colleges

Target Learners¶

• low-income community college students

Target Learning Goals¶

• college completion
• economic success
• financial capability

Affordances¶

• Wssn Integrated Support Strategy

Related Strategies¶

• Provide on-campus one-stop benefits screening, application assistance, and case management to reduce nonacademic barriers to persistence
• Wraparound student supports: navigator, financial supports, and job placement assistance

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Margaret Sullivan, Derek V. Price, Lindsay Fox, Ann Person. (2018). How Community Colleges Address Basic Needs and Financial Stability of Low-Income Students to Boost College Completion: Lessons from the Working Students Success Network. Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/how-community-colleges-address-basic-needs-and-financial-stability-of-low-income-students-to-boost