Are you ready to achieve your goals and be successful in college? Strive4Success will help you start off strong during your first year.
About Strive4Success
Strive4Success is a transformative program designed to expand access to higher education for students who might otherwise face barriers to enrollment. This one-year, fee-based initiative provides comprehensive support tailored to Dean’s first-year, conditionally accepted students.
Through personalized guidance and a wide range of resources, we equip students with the tools and strategies they need to succeed both academically and personally, ensuring a strong foundation for their college journey and beyond.
Strive4Success students receive the following SUPPORT:
- Weekly one-on-one, Individual Academic Coaching*: A collaborative, goal-oriented relationship with Master’s degree-level staff focused on developing students' skills and strategies for academic success.
- Enrollment in DEAN-190, Study Skills: A one-semester, seminar-style course designed to provide first-year students with study skills strategies, tools, and mindset to succeed in their college classes.
- Professional & Peer Tutoring: Academic support in a wide range of classes and content areas including writing, mathematics, and presentation support.
- Study Labs: A year-long, group study opportunity that is monitored by a Learning Center staff member who can offer academic support and coordinate tutoring services as needed.
- Attendance, grade, and performance tracking
- Professional Success & Career Advising
*Academic Coaching is optional support available to all Dean College students, but it is mandatory for Strive4Success students during their first semester.
Cost
The cost for this program is $850 which will be added to your bill in the first semester.