Human Rights

Kicking open the door

The transformative power of financial aid

Office of Inclusive excellence | fall 2024

intro

Delaney Foster

Office of Inclusive Excellence dfoster@aos.msstate.edu

Purpose

All students should feel welcome, have sense of belonging

When one of us thrives, we all thrive

Part of our mission is about creating access

Access, Opportunity & success

Pre-College

Holmes Cultural Diversity Center

Access & Success

Inclusive Excellence

You are powerful

sustaining students

creating access

life long success

skill building

who are our students

27% are Pell-eligible

94% employed within 6 months

25% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR

33% are FIRST-GENERATION

who are our students

63% GRADUATE IN 6 YEARS

49% GRADUATE IN 4 YEARS

$15,977 AVERAGE AID AVAILABLE TO 1ST YEARS

3.8% ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

53% WORK IN MS

myths

Don't know how to handle money at all

Poverty is exclusively the result of bad choices

Focus should be on budgeting better

Lack of self-control/responsibility

THANK YOU!