Tu Futuro

Tu Futuro Online Course: Educating Spanish-speaking
Spanish speaking
families about going to college
May
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TG & Tecnológico
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de Monterreyy Collaboration
• TG p
promotes educational access and success so that
students can realize their college and career dreams. As
a public, nonprofit corporation, TG offers resources to
help students and families plan and prepare for
college, learn the basics of money management, and
repay their federal student loans.
• Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec) has social mission of
promoting access to higher education among
Hispanics in the U.S. through its Community Learning
Centers.
Tec. de Monterreyy System
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• Tec. de Monterreyy is one of Mexico’s p
premiere
universities.
• Established in 1943 as a not-for-profit private institution
• 31 campuses with over 100
100,000
000 students
• Graduate degrees 13,786; Undergraduates degrees 14,832;
Continuing education, 185, 329 (2011)
• Tec. Virtual – includes community learning centers (CLC)
throughout world, including U.S.
• 2,755
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in Mexico
• 136 in US
• 28 in Central & South America
Communityy Learning
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• Objectives
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of Community
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– To provide educational access to impoverished
communities in an effort to promote social inclusion and
ultimately improve the standard of living and thus reduce
poverty.
– To extend educational opportunities through virtual
exchange
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off iinformation.
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– To foster collaboration with stakeholders on initiatives
which promote the sustainment of CLCs.
Communityy Learning
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• Focus areas for CLCs includes:
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Information Technology
Business
Education
Community
Latinos in the US
Health & Wellness
Collaboration – Online Course
• TG & Tec jjoined efforts to p
produce a Spanish
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online
course.
– Provides information about going to college and applying
for financial aid.
aid
• Tec. provided technology platform
• TG provided content
Hispanics
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and Higher
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Education
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immigrants
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underrepresented
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in higher
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education
– 30 percent of immigrant undergraduate students
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immigrants
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have highest
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high
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undergraduate drop-out rates
• Low rates of bachelor’s degree attainment
Barriers to college
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Lack of information about p
postsecondary
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Work and family responsibilities
Financial need
Academic preparation and achievement
Limited English proficiency
Course Contents / Topics
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Four major sections (Temas)
– Section 1: Which factors should I consider for college?
• Tema 1. ¿Qué factores debo considerar?
– Section 2: How am I going to pay for college?
• Tema 2.
2 ¿Cómo voy a pagar los gastos universitarios?
– Section 3: What are some money management tips that I
can use?
• Tema 3.
3 ¿Cómo hago para que rinda mi dinero?
– Section 4: How do I get more information?
• Tema 4. ¿Cómo obtengo más información?
Course features
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Activity/Quiz
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– interactive
Option to print content
Resource list
Unlimited login
Convenient access (e.g. home, school)
Free
Target
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• Bilingual
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students who might
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prefer information in
Spanish (e.g. ESL program)
• Parents with limited English proficiency or who are
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Spanish-speaking
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“This is great! Now I don’t have to translate for my parents. It’s hard
to talk to them about g
going
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things about going to college that we can not always explain to them
in Spanish”, said student at Lanier HS in Austin, November 15, 2011.
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Tu Futuro: Prepárate
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para triunfar en la universidad
Home Page
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Create Password
“Pais” = Country
“Estado” = State
“Municipio” = City = “Otro”
“Comunidad” = TG = “Otro”
“Centro” = cybercafe, home, work, school
“Nombre” = First name
“Apellido Paterno” = Father’s last name
“Apellido Materno” = Middle name
“Correo Electronico” = Email
“Genero” = gender
“Fecha de Nacimiento”= birth date
“E t d civil”
“Estado
i il” = marital
it l status
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“Escolaridad” = Level of education
“Ocupacion” = Occupation
“Nivel familiar de ingresos mensual” = monthly income
“Cual es la razon..” = reason for taking course
“Areas de interes
general” = Select 3
subject areas that
interest you
“usuario” = Have you
used CCA before?
Logging
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Enter Password
“Matrícula” = UserID
“Contraseña” = Password
Main Menu
Select Course
More information
Questions & Comments
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Contact:
Maria Luna-Torres
Director, Education Finance Initiatives, TG
[email protected]
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