Today’s Presenter
Africa Hands, MLIS
Author: Successfully Serving the College Bound (ALA Edition, 2015)
Agenda •Why offer college planning programs?
•Who are your college bound patrons?
•Programs and services for college bound patrons
•Working with community partners
•Resources to promote at your library
•To meet the needs of low-income college bound patrons
•To promote materials in your collection•To support economic development in your
community•To support society at large
It’s in our library DNA
First-gen students
•Work 20+ hours in final year
of high school
•Finance is important to
college selection
•Tend to enroll closer to home
•Less likely to live on-campus
•Enter college with undeclared
majors
Nontraditional students
•Attend part-time
•Work full-time
•Financially
independent
•Do not have high-
school diploma
•Have dependents
Military-service members and veterans
•Attend
community
colleges
•Have family
obligations
•Drawn to online,
distance
education
programs
•Prefer flexible
degree programs
Question time
•Which of these subgroups do you see as a potential target population for your college planning programs?
•Who is missing?
Learn more
•Almanac of Higher Education
•Digest of Education Statistics
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System
•State level higher education assistance
agencies
• Introduction to college resources @ your
library
•Back-to-school night for specific sub-groups
•College fairs – large or small scale
•Campus visit preview
•Financial planning workshop
•Computer access
•Printed materials
Question time
•Who are potential partners for the college-bound population you identified?
•Where can you find information about the potential partner?
Partnerships•Levels of partnership
▫Glance▫Date▫Engagement▫Marriage
•Staff members as partners▫Experience, skills, and interests inventory
Resources to promote
•College Navigator
•KnowHow2Go
•Federal Student Aid
•Think College
•Heath Resource Center
•Database of Accredited Programs
•Campus Pride Index
What we’ve covered
•Four subgroups of college bound patrons
•Sources for data about the college bound
population
•Programming ideas and services
•Partnerships
•Resources for your college bound patrons
Thank you!
Africa Hands, MLISAuthor of
Successfully Serving the College Bound Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @africahands
Additional resources• First-generation students:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/02/16/385470288/fitting-in-on-campus-challenges-for-first-generation-students
• America’s Promise Fact Sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/09/fact-sheet-white-house-unveils-america-s-college-promise-proposal-tuitio
• American Association of Community Colleges Fact Sheet: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/Documents/Facts14_Data_R3.pdf
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid https://fafsa.ed.gov/ • Financial aid for military members and family members
https://studentaid.ed.gov/types/grants-scholarships/military• http://todaysmilitary.com/living/paying-for-college• https://studentaid.ed.gov/sites/default/files/scholarships-for-
military.pdf• http://www.acenet.edu/higher-education/topics/Pages/Colleg
e-Credit-for-Military-Service.aspx
Additional resourcesLibrary examples: • College Depot at Phoenix Public Library• Free Library of Philadelpia• Calcasieu Parish Public Library• New Brunswick Free Public Library• Partnering with purpose: a guide to strategic partnership de
velopment for libraries and other organizations by Crowther and Trott
• Directory for Online Learning http://www.petersons.com/online-schools/
• LGBT-friendly campuses http://www.campusprideindex.org/• Homeschoolers
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/06/11/the-homeschoolers-guide-to-getting-into-college/
• http://www.homeschool.com/articles/College05/• http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/high-school-beyond/ho
meschool-to-college/
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