Tuesday, April 7, 2015
I'm transferring to Stanford
So Stanford recently made this announcement and while this is a great step toward access, what about equity? Not all these students come from the same background. The announcement stated 16% of students accepted under this new program for the freshman class of 2019 are first-generation. Stanford has a Diversity and First-Gen office. It would be interesting to follow this group of students from the class of 2019 until graduation. I am really hoping that there is a connection being made from the office of admissions and financial aid providing support via the Diversity and First-Gen office. For now I can say, good job Stanford. If cost of living were not so high in California...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree with Jacob, it will be interesting to follow this student cohort. Also, I will like to view the criteria and qualifications of students being served and accepted to actual see if these students are need served bases. Plus, I am also interested to see how Stanford is going to serve these students as we know acceptance is not enough...retention and graduating hopefully is an outcome for these student...however nice start!!
ReplyDelete