Located in the rear of the North Engineering building, Student Support Services is one of UT's preeminent student success programs. Since October of 2001, our selective program has matriculated more than 20 students toward a baccalaureate degree. One third of those graduates have begun graduate programs across the region.

Introduction

Services provided by SSS include orientation and study-skills courses, multicultural social events, individual academic advising, tutoring, and career and social adjustment counseling, as well as helping students to utilize existing university services.

Profile

The following are a few facts about your fellow classmates that participate in TRiO SSS:

• 1/5 of SSS students at UT have families.
• More than 1/3 of our students are non-traditional ranging from 24 to 55 years of age.
• 75% of our students are in Good Standing.
• 33% are transfer students.
• 70% have a 2.5 or greater GPA.
• 75% are enrolled full-time.
• 20% have used our private tutorial services.
• 60% have accessed on-campus tutorial services (LEC, College or Department) at one time.
• Understanding the need to develop a strong foundation for college success, our students have made SSS an integral part of their lifelong success. Our students are motivated to succeed, complete their college degrees and assume leadership roles in their communities.
   

Nationally, TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, that identifies promising students and prepares them for college-level work.

At The University of Toledo, Student Support Services is an academic program designed to assist eligible low-income and first-generation students in obtaining a college education by providing services such as academic advising, mentoring, graduation assistance, and tutoring.

• Approximately 50 percent of the freshmen enrolled in colleges and universities drop out before completing their programs.¹
• First-generation college students are less likely to complete college degrees than students from families where one or both parents have degrees. ²
• Compared to traditional students who enter college direct from high school, nontraditional students seeking bachelor’s and associate’s degrees are less likely to reach their degree goal within 5 years and more likely to leave college. ³

Student Support Services identifies and serves students “at-risk” of dropping out and fosters a one-on-one approach to guarantee the success of low-income and first-generation college students.

Students in the TRIO Student Support Services program are more than twice as likely to remain in college than students from similar backgrounds who do not participate in the program.
If you are a first-time freshman at UT, a community college student transferring to UT, or a current UT student, we invite you to apply! Click here to view our brochure.

¹ U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. Descriptive Summary of 1995–96 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Six Years Later, NCES 2003–151, by Lutz Berkner, Shirley He, and Emily Forrest Cataldi. Project Officer: Paula Knepper. Washington, DC: 2002.

² U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. First-Generation Students: Undergraduates Whose Parents Never Enrolled in Postsecondary Education, NCES 98-082, by Anne-Marie Nunez and Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin.Project officer: C. Dennis Carroll. Washington DC: 1998.

³ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Nontraditional Undergraduates, NCES 2002–012, by Susan Choy. Washington, DC: 2002.