Human Rights

Office of Inclusive excellence | fall 2024

Kicking open the door

The transformative power of financial aid

Office of Inclusive Excellence dfoster@aos.msstate.edu

Delaney Foster

intro

Part of our mission is about creating access

When one of us thrives, we all thrive

Purpose

All students should feel welcome, have sense of belonging

Inclusive Excellence

Pre-College

Access & Success

Access, Opportunity & success

Holmes Cultural Diversity Center

life long success

skill building

creating access

sustaining students

You are powerful

25% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR

33% are FIRST-GENERATION

94% employed within 6 months

27% are Pell-eligible

who are our students

3.8% ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

63% GRADUATE IN 6 YEARS

53% WORK IN MS

49% GRADUATE IN 4 YEARS

$15,977 AVERAGE AID AVAILABLE TO 1ST YEARS

who are our students

Focus should be on budgeting better

Don't know how to handle money at all

Lack of self-control/responsibility

Poverty is exclusively the result of bad choices

myths

THANK YOU!