Student Support Services helps low-income students to stay in college until they earn their baccalaureate degrees. Participants, who include disabled college students, receive tutoring, counseling and remedial instruction. SSS is also a program that helps to retain its participants to finish their college degree. Students are now being served at 947 colleges and universities nationwide.
Services
- Instruction in reading, writing, math, and/or study skills
- Tutorial services
- Academic, financial, and personal counseling
- Assistance in securing admission and financial aid for enrollment before transferring to a graduate program or a four year institution
- Information about career options
- Mentoring
- Special services for students with limited English proficiency
- Direct financial assistance (grant aid) to current SSS participants who are receiving federal Pell grants
- Cultural activities
Massachusetts Student Support Services Programs
- American International College
- Berkshire Community College
- Boston College
- Brandeis University
- Bristol Community College
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Cape Cod Community College
- Fitchburg State College
- Holyoke Community College
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Massasoit Community College (2 programs)
- Middlesex Community College (2 programs)
- Mount Ida College
- Mount Wachusett Community College (2 programs)
- North Shore Community College
- Northern Essex Community College
- Quinsigamond Community College
- Salem State College
- Springfield Technical Community College
- University of Massachusetts-Boston
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
- Westfield State College