The Reaching At-Risk Students Workshop was held on Friday, June 5, 2009 at
UW-Marathon County in Wausau, WI. Its purpose was to create a venue for
system-wide conversations about working with the broad spectrum of students
entering higher education who are at risk for probation, suspension, or simply
dropping out. We broadly defined this category of students: those who are
academically underprepared, who struggle with mental health or AODA issues,
multilingual students, low-income and first-generation college students,
students with extra-academic responsibilities, students of color,
LGBTQ-identified students, and other student populations who can be
characterized as "at-risk."
Our project had three objectives:
1) generate system-wide conversations about increasing the academic success of
at-risk students;
2) create an online resource for the UW System to meet the teaching and learning
needs of at-risk students and their instructors; and
3) provide opportunities for campus representatives to initiate change,
discussion, or strengthen existing work on their own campus through mini-grants.
This website will serve as an ongoing resource for faculty and staff across
the state of Wisconsin who work with students who are at-risk of not succeeding
academically. Please visit the "Resources" and "Bibliography" page for
information about programs and offices at UW System institutions that serve
at-risk student populations. If you know of a resource available at your
institution or would like to submit information for inclusion on the website,
please contact us at rars@uwc.edu to have the
webpage updated.