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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’ transitions to º£½ÇÉçÇøCI. 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 º£½ÇÉçÇøCI students as ambassadors to high schools to facilitate bilingual and culturally relevant college knowledge presentations. The project’s 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.

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