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Closing Equity Gaps:

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The Consejeros Collaborative

In collaboration with the Black Faculty Counselors Collaborative and KAPWA

Presented by Dr. Cynthia Rico & Fabiola Beas

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About the Project

  • In the fall of 2021, the department requested a query from the District Research Department to run a query on students based on the following:
    • Currently enrolled for fall 2021
    • Do not have a comprehensive education plan on file
    • Have Mesa College as their home campus
    • Ethnicity as reported by the student
  • 1,274 students do not have a comprehensive education plan on file
    • API/ASINDIAN: 252
    • AMIND: 50
    • BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN: 131
    • LATINX/HISPANIC: 425
    • WHITE/UNKNOWN: 416

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The Process

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  • The counseling intern reviewed each student’s file to determine if they are ready for a comprehensive ed plan appointment with a counselor
  • Students on that list are sent an e-mail by the Department Counseling Intern
    • Email #1: Students ready for a comprehensive ed plan (intake form)
      • Interested in scheduling an appointment with a counselor for an education plan
      • Questions on how to send transcripts, transfer pathways/options/guarantees, basic needs, tutoring, or other support services or general questions
    • Email #2: Students who need to submit transcripts or need to request a transcript evaluation

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  • Students who schedule an appointment, and complete a comprehensive education plan will receive $100.00 sometime during the spring 2022 semester
    • Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

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Our Goal:

Support our disproportionately impacted students to completion

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Black Faculty Counselors Collaborative

  • On Feb. 2, 2022 Counselor Michael Temple sent an email to all 131 students who self-identified as Black or African-American
    • So far, 14 students have responded

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  • Additional targeted students are those students who self-identify, black or African-American who need an education plan or updated education plan to submit with their financial aid appeal
    • A listing of students needing to submit appeals has been provided by the Financial Aid Office