Seeking Resources
Are you or someone you know in need of emergency resources such as food, emergency shelter, transportation or help paying a utility bill?
The Reach Higher adult degree completion program has compiled a list of community resources available to assist you and your family. We understand that adult students encounter challenges from time to time, and we encourage you to connect with available emergency resources in your area.
- Search 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- No cost
- Completely confidential
The resources provided can help with some of the challenges you may be facing and assist in your pursuit of a college degree.
Academic Life Coaching
Implement strategies to increase student retention and graduation.
As contemporary college students navigate a complex world, meaningful campus relationships provide a critical link connecting the student to the institution. The national focus on retention and graduation rates underscores the need for institutions to invest in comprehensive services that address the evolving needs of today’s diverse student population.
Academic life coaching offers a framework for holistic support that forms a deeper mentoring connection and invites honest dialogue. Coaching activates motivation, encourages engagement and deepens self-awareness. Through collaboration and goal setting, students are empowered to overcome challenges that often interfere with progress and degree completion. Shifting the paradigm from student as passive recipient to proactive participant, coaching heightens the student support experience.
Reach Higher collaborated with the University of Oklahoma’s Sooner Success Program to provide one-day workshops for staff and faculty to learn about and implement Academic Life Coaching strategies to help increase student retention and graduation.
Introductory Coaching
The materials below can help guide you through practicing Academic Life Coaching.
Coaching 2.0
Coming soon!
Show What You Know OK
The ShowWhatYouKnowOK.org website helps adult students learn how previously earned college credit, licenses, certifications, military training, advanced standing scores, and knowledge gained through other learning experiences can be applied toward a degree program.
Digital Toolkit for Employers
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s digital toolkit for employers features OSRHE’s many services for businesses, including a searchable database of campus-based employer services, a directory of business support services by institution, workforce projection data for Oklahoma’s critical occupations and materials employers can share in the workplace. OSRHE also offers a variety of programs and services for employees, such as access to micro-credential programs, degree completion programs that lead to employment in key fields, and options to determine how prior college credit, licenses, certifications, military service, and other learning experiences can be applied toward a college degree.