Support

Even more than the awareness and the tools it takes to succeed, our students need support. Emotional, financial, and certainly  infrastructural support. Ohio's college access practitioners work cross sectors to provide students with mentoring and advising, financial supports in the forms of grants and scholarships, and infrastructure supports by establishing local networks that, upholding a college-going culture, working together to build the framework and systems to create more seamless pathways into the workforce.

Here are some methods at work in Ohio:

Proactive/One-on-One Advising
Mentoring
Near Peer Mentoring
Last Dollar Scholarships
College-going culture in middle and high schools
Strong partnerships between academic and student services offices
Working to increase academic rigor