{"id":10888,"date":"2016-08-08T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=10888"},"modified":"2016-08-08T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:08:15","slug":"ccs-bridge-scholars-program-honored-for-boosting-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2016\/08\/ccs-bridge-scholars-program-honored-for-boosting-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"CC\u2019s Bridge Scholars Program Honored for Boosting Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado College\u2019s Bridge Scholars Program, which serves as a gateway into college life for first-generation\u00a0students, was recognized as a \u201cModel of Excellence\u201d by <em>University Business<\/em>.\u00a0The Models of Excellence program \u201chonors colleges and universities that have implemented innovative, effective, and interdepartmental initiatives that are bolstering student success.\u201d\u2028\u2028<em>University Business<\/em> notes that continuous support for students helps maintain student success, and CC\u2019s research-based approach to supporting students from underrepresented backgrounds definitely fits that model.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Chan, associate dean of academic programs and strategic initiatives, cites 15 years of studies that illustrate the importance of integrating such students into the full college environment. The program \u201cgives students a \u2018running start\u2019 on claiming and building their CC experience,\u201d Chan says.\u00a0Bridge Scholars arrive on campus two weeks prior to the fall semester of their first year and participate in a series of team-taught interdisciplinary courses. The Bridge Scholars Program helps support CC\u2019s strategic plan, \u201cBuilding on the Block.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado College\u2019s Bridge Scholars Program, which serves as a gateway into college life for first-generation\u00a0students, was recognized as a \u201cModel of Excellence\u201d by University Business.\u00a0The Models of Excellence program \u201chonors colleges and universities that have implemented innovative, effective, and interdepartmental initiatives that are bolstering student success.\u201d\u2028\u2028University Business notes that continuous support for students helps maintain&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-10888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-august-2016","tag-news-from-campus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2016\/08\/BUL-AUG16-PG08-News-BridgeScholars.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10890,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10888\/revisions\/10890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}