As many community college students around the country struggle to complete degrees, Dallas College in Texas is assigning “success coaches” to help students address whatever stands between them and graduation. Experts say supporting students particularly those who come from nontraditional paths is key as difficult circumstances, unclear pathways to a career and uncertainty about the value of pursuing a college can derail their education. The investment three years ago at Dallas College nearly doubled the school’s advising capacity.
DALLAS (AP) Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high school, she did what was expected of her dropped education, worked and pitched in at home. When she enrolled in Dallas College after a five-year break in school, she had to navigate a dizzying array of options and […]
Success coaches, a more hands-on approach to advising, are Dallas College’s latest effort to demystify the process of obtaining a degree and help its students.