University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Architects: The Formation of the Former Transition Program 1981-1986 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Greer, Pamela Y.

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Title
The Architects: The Formation of the Former Transition Program 1981-1986 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author(s)
Greer, Pamela Y.
Issue Date
2013-06
Keyword(s)
  • academic support programs
  • college freshmen
  • college students
  • diversity in higher education
  • student adjustment
  • summer bridge programs
  • transition to postsecondary education
Abstract
This paper will examine the formation of the former Transition Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Special emphasis will be placed on four major areas: (a) circumstances that inspired the creation of the former Transition Program at UIUC, (b) history and mission of the former Transition Program at UIUC, (c) characteristics of students the program architects sought to serve, and (d) program models selected by the ad hoc committee. This paper is inspired by my twenty-one years of work with the former Transition Program housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) at the UIUC campus. The Transition Program included both the former summer bridge component and the academic year component. The primary model of the academic year component is still in operation via the current undeclared component of the Access and Achievement Program. Since the 2009-2010 merger, many of the current processes, procedures and attributes are in line with the first model of the original Transitional Program. My goal is to gather and trace the articles, documents, letters and notes in archives from the former and present UIUC administrators and faculty who designed the former Transition Program; I will be able to identify information that would assist current and upcoming programs with improving academic support for underrepresented populations on the UIUC campus.
Series/Report Name or Number
EOL 574, Lorenzo Baber, Instructor, Spring 2013
Type of Resource
  • text
  • audio
Language
en
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Owning Collections

Diversity on Campus/Equity and Access PRIMARY
This collection examines ways in which the U.S. university and the American college experience are affected by diversity, and difference. In particular, these student projects examine experiences of diversity on campus, including important contemporary social, cultural, and political debates on equity and access to university resources.