Optimizing Learning, Achievement and Success
Project OLAS provided assistance to Ventura County high school students and their families in navigating the path to a 4-year degree. Through peer mentoring, OLAS supported students鈥� transitions to 91吃瓜. In addition, OLAS promoted student engagement in interdisciplinary undergraduate research, supported first-year living learning communities and bolstered the sophomore-year experience through career/major exploration.
The regional outreach component involved deploying 91吃瓜 students as ambassadors to high schools to facilitate bilingual and culturally relevant college knowledge presentations. The project鈥檚 First-Year and Second-Year Experience and Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research encompassed service learning experiences that put students into the community; the writing studio, a hybrid of classroom and individual tutoring; the student research initiative; and the living learning communities.