A brand new settlement between Our Girl of the Lake College and Laredo School goals to supply a brand new, simpler pathway for first-generation and underserved college students searching for to transition from the school to the four-year establishment.
“This settlement is … a shared declaration of objective,” OLLU President Abel A. Chávez stated in a information launch. “Collectively, Laredo School and OLLU are clearing pathways, eradicating obstacles, and accelerating entry to four-year levels for college students who will go on to guide, serve, and remodel our communities of San Antonio, South Texas, and past.”
Officers from each establishments labored to make sure that college students might seamlessly switch their credit from Laredo School to OLLU, and developed an computerized admissions course of that features credit score evaluations and personalised advising assist.
Chávez and Laredo School President Minita Ramírez signed the settlement on June 26 and it grew to become efficient instantly. The aim this fall is to have no less than 10 college students switch into any of the bachelor diploma packages provided at OLLU.
“This partnership with Our Girl of the Lake College will open extra doorways for our college students that can make them turn out to be nice leaders in our communities, all through the South Texas area, and the nation,” Ramírez stated in an announcement.
The 2 establishments, which sit almost 160 miles aside, serve majority Hispanic, or Latino, scholar populations and each earned the designation of Hispanic Serving Establishment.
Final fall OLLU reported having 1,968 college students with 61.5% of them figuring out as Latino or Hispanic. At Laredo School, 95% of its 10,434 college students determine that approach.
About 48% of all Laredo School college students are additionally thought of economically deprived, which for undergraduate school college students this implies they certified for Pell Grants at any level earlier than commencement.
In response to information reported by the U.S. Division of Schooling, OLLU’s commencement charges are greater, at 55%, for college students who transferred in from different faculties than those that began on the college, at 37%.
Officers stated the partnership is designated to serve first-generation and underrepresented college students by addressing among the commonest hurdles when transferring to a four-year school, together with credit score loss, monetary limitations, and lack of advising.
“After we empower our college students and take away obstacles, we additionally clear a path to commencement and their dream profession,” Ramírez stated.
