Student Support Services (SSS) is designed for students who are low-income, first generation college students, and students with disabilities from all racial and ethnic backgrounds who have a need for academic and other support services in order to successfully complete their college education.
Student Support Services' goals are:
- To increase retention and graduate rates for low-income students, first generation college students, and students with disabilities.
- To increase the transfer rates of eligible students from two-year institutions to UMBC.
- To foster an institutional climate supportive of success of low-income students, first generation college students, and students with disabilities.
To be eligible for Student Support Services at UMBC, students must meet some of the following criteria:
- Be a first generation college student
- Have an income that meets federal guidelines
- Have a documented learning or physical disability
- Have a need for academic support
The following services are available to Student Support Services participants:
- Academic advisement
- Personal and career counseling
- One-to-one peer tutoring
- Resources for students with disabilities such as a Braille Writer, tape recorder, Visual Tek Reading Machine, talking calculators, TTY, etc.
- Services for students with disabilities such as extended test-taking time, note-takers, readers, mobility training, American Sign Language Interpreters, etc.
- Individualized developmental instruction from staff specialists in study skills, communication skills, math/science, foreign language, and English as second language
- Skill-building workshops
- Exposure to cultural, academic, and leadership enrichment activities
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