We can help you create a program that delivers results.
Approximately 3 million U.S. students drop out of college each year due to a small, unexpected expense—such as a medical bill or car breakdown.
While 70% of colleges provide some form of emergency aid (EA), few have robust programs that offer maximum potential for impact on student success.
A Proven Solution:
Institutions that have undertaken a pilot version of the Roadmap are reporting strong results:
Austin Community College (ACC):
EA recipients are returning, semester to semester, and graduating at a higher rate than non-recipients. ACC has experienced a three-fold return on investment from tuition.
Florida International University:
88% of 2018-2019 EA recipients enrolled in the following quarter or graduated during the school year.
University of Washington:
90% of students who utilized EA between May 2018 and August 2019 stayed enrolled or graduated.
About the Roadmap
The Roadmap to Effective Emergency Aid is a step-by-step programme that guides higher education leaders in transforming informal emergency aid efforts into a comprehensive programme that increases student success.
The programme is delivered through:
Virtual cohort workshops
Campus team coaching
An online platform for tools, best practices, and team collaboration
More than 100 higher education leaders, students, and faculty worked together over 18 months in the Emergency Aid Lab, undertaking a process similar to the that of the Roadmap.
Here is what lab participants have to say about Roadmap’s impact:
Perspectives from lab participants
Student Services learnings from the lab
Financial Aid learnings from the lab
Reos Partners: Perspectives on the Emergency Aid Lab
Reos Partners: Student Services learnings from the Emergency Aid Lab
Reos Partners: Financial Aid learnings from the Emergency Aid Lab
The Emergency Aid Lab was led by Reos Partners and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
About Reos Partners
Reos Partners helps organizations work in a systemic, collaborative, and experimental way to design breakthrough solutions to complex challenges.
We will guide you in creating an EA program that works – and in the process, transform the way teams work together to address your institution’s highest priorities.
“I don’t think most of us will look at our work the same way ever again.”
Tori Hill, Financial Aid, University of Washington, Tacoma.
“It used to be the best-kept secret on campus. Now we are telling people about it. We’re teaching people how to discuss it with students. We are empowering faculty. We’re empowering staff. And so the students are coming. Emergency aid is already working.”