Student Learning Outcomes
As a result of participation in the Summer Bridge program, students will :
Upon completion, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate improvement of math skills;
- Recognize strategies for effective teamwork;
- Demonstrate improvement of computer software skills;
- Articulate the significance of cultural and socioeconomic differences;
- Explore what it means to be a minority male in college;
- Identify how a college education impacts life opportunities;
- Identify academic support and social services available;
- Formulate how their skills, interests, and values inform their career options; and
- Identify the importance of financial literacy.
Goals
- Close achievement gaps
- Retain more students from underserved populations
- Graduate more students from underserved populations
Curriculum Framework
- Supportive network for students
- Relationships with college faculty, staff, students, and community members
- Campus resources for success
- Academic expectations and college culture
- One non-credit math skills experience
- One three credit college course (FFL)
- Strategies for success
Accreditation
North Shore Community College is an accredited public institute of higher education where all are welcome and each is challenged. NSCC is accredited by NECHE, the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly NEASC-CIHE, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).