Why does Student Support Services exist?

• To increase the retention and graduation of our students
• To help ensure academic, personal and professional success
• To enhance academic skills
• To facilitate adjustment to college

What is it?
Student Support Services is a United States, Department of Education TRIO Program that provides:

• Academic guidance
• Tutoring in subject areas
• Skill development and workshops on various themes
• Paper-writing assistance
• Information about note-taking, exam preparation, goal setting and time management.
• Assistance with career direction and orientation

Student Support Services and all other TRIO programs are represented by The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). The Council for Opportunity in Education is a nonprofit organization, incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in 1981, representing institutions of higher education, administrators, counselors and teachers who are committed to advancing equal educational opportunity and to promoting diversity in America's colleges and universities.

Who qualifies?

• First-Generation Students (students whose parents did not graduate from a four-year college)
• Low-Income Students (per Federal guidelines)
• Learning and/or physically disabled students who have appropriate documentation

How much does it cost?
Student Support Services programs are provided free of charge to active participants.