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.