Summer Bridge Program: Case Study
Findings
Resources
Since one of our main points in our assessment question was to assess whether the Summer Bridge Program was providing adequate resources to the students, we wanted to ask the students if the Summer Bridge Program was where they first heard about the resources and also what resources they have used since starting at USC.
When asked the question, “I first learned about the following resources through the Summer Bridge Program workshops”, the majority of students stated that they learned about Career Counseling, Financial Aid, Study Skills and Health Promotion from the program. 10 out of 17 students also stated that they learned about Diversity Centers on campus from the program, which is still the majority of respondents, but was less than the response rate for the other resources. See Figure 1.
While the students heard about the majority of USC resources from the Summer Bridge Program, the only resource the majority of students found themselves using was financial aid. This …show more content…
I used to find USC a very lonely place especially as everyone from summer bridge and NAI had really different schedules and it was hard but now I feel like I've found my niche at USC.
Health and Wellness While there was no specific question asked in regard to health and wellness, this theme emerged from the open-ended questions. One of the responses for the survey question, “What suggestions or recommendations can you provide in terms of how to improve the Summer Bridge Program for future participants?” was:
Maybe putting more emphasis in mental health. I remember we used to have little seminars with various information and we did take a tour of the health center, but maybe having a whole session devoted to the mental health part of the health center and really laying out the resources that USC has to offer its students.
Another student also mentioned adding a mental health component to the summer bridge
Resources
Since one of our main points in our assessment question was to assess whether the Summer Bridge Program was providing adequate resources to the students, we wanted to ask the students if the Summer Bridge Program was where they first heard about the resources and also what resources they have used since starting at USC.
When asked the question, “I first learned about the following resources through the Summer Bridge Program workshops”, the majority of students stated that they learned about Career Counseling, Financial Aid, Study Skills and Health Promotion from the program. 10 out of 17 students also stated that they learned about Diversity Centers on campus from the program, which is still the majority of respondents, but was less than the response rate for the other resources. See Figure 1.
While the students heard about the majority of USC resources from the Summer Bridge Program, the only resource the majority of students found themselves using was financial aid. This …show more content…
I used to find USC a very lonely place especially as everyone from summer bridge and NAI had really different schedules and it was hard but now I feel like I've found my niche at USC.
Health and Wellness While there was no specific question asked in regard to health and wellness, this theme emerged from the open-ended questions. One of the responses for the survey question, “What suggestions or recommendations can you provide in terms of how to improve the Summer Bridge Program for future participants?” was:
Maybe putting more emphasis in mental health. I remember we used to have little seminars with various information and we did take a tour of the health center, but maybe having a whole session devoted to the mental health part of the health center and really laying out the resources that USC has to offer its students.
Another student also mentioned adding a mental health component to the summer bridge