Student success coaches at the University of Minnesota are aiming to help first-year and low-income students with goal setting, career planning and financial literacy through a new program started this semester.
The Success Coaching program, managed by the President’s Emerging Scholars Program and the Office of Undergraduate Education, targets first-year and first-generation students, who may also be from low-income families. These University students often have multiple commitments outside of school that may make it difficult to balance their responsibilities, or may require additional support in navigating their experiences in college during their freshman year, according to Will O’Berry, assistant director of the President’s Emerging Scholars Program.