Mission College ACCESS Program
ACCESS is now accepting applications.
Welcome To TRIO-ACCESS
ACCESS is an award-winning program focused on increasing the graduation and transfer rates for low-income, disabled, and/or first-generation college students by providing support and resources above and beyond those offered by Mission College.
ACCESS Vision: We are actively engaged in creating a positive caring community that promotes diversity, leadership and student success.
ACCESS is part of the Educational Opportunity for Low-Income and Disabled Americans (TRIO) program, mandated by Congress. ACCESS is 100% federally funded at $276,156 annually.
Services include: Orientation (Student Success); use of the ACCESS office, student computers, and printers for researching, typing papers, and printing academic projects; Scholarship Search Assistance Program; College Success Workshops; College Tours; and Tutoring.
By participating in the ACCESS Program, students will achieve the following Student Learning Outcomes:
- Actively participate in understanding their student rights and responsibilities in the ACCESS Program as demonstrated by:
- completing the ACCESS Orientation requirements.
- Actively participate in the identification and completion of educational goals as demonstrated by:
- declaring certificate, graduation and/or transfer goals in Admissions and Records;
- completing and understanding the use of an educational plan; and
- completing graduation and/or transfer goals within four years.
- Actively participate in the identification and completion of financial goals as demonstrated by:
- completing financial aid forms;
- completing scholarship applications; and
- obtaining other financial literacy information via workshops.
To guarantee success in the ACCESS Program, check out ACCESS: Am I On Course?
