To Support First-Generation and Low Income College Students, We Can Help

G reat Bernard’s founders have experience working with nonprofit organization that support student success. We partner with nonprofits and foundations to provide services to students, so that they have every resource available to succeed.

Great Bernard provides an extra layer of support. We utilize research-backed practices that support students in myriad ways and provide services that colleges and universities are simply not built to provide.

Academic Support all starts with weekly, scheduled, calls. The student and Great Bernard’s advisor will discuss the kinds of tasks they have upcoming for the week and the kind of help they need to get them done. Then, during the week, we reach out proactively to keep them productive. Health Support starts the same way, but focuses on those parts of a student’s health that keep them from succeeding in school: missed medication, missed meals, and missed sleep.

If they get stuck, or need help, an advisor or nurse’s assistant is available 24/7 to help them push through via phone or chat.

Our advisors are all highly organized, US-based, students, former students, nurses, nurse’s aids, and parents. They have all experienced college themselves and are aware of the complexities of college life. They get a special thrill helping individuals reach their goals.

Our services are designed to keep students in school and moving toward graduation. Schedule a call with Great Bernard to learn more.

First-generation students cannot
benefit from their parents’ college-going experience – a valuable source
of cultural capital that helps students
navigate college (e.g., understanding
the significance of the syllabus, what
“office hours” means, or how to cite
sources in written assignments) (Collier
and Morgan 2008).

First-Generation Students

Three years after enrolling, one-third of students who were the first in their families to go to college had quit, compared to about a quarter of students whose parents have a university degree. – National Center for Education Statistics

College dropouts make 35% less income than bachelor’s degree holders.

College dropouts are 20% more likely to be unemployed than any degree holder.

Percentage of college students taking remedial coursework go on to declare a major and graduate.

– College Dropout Rate (2023), Education Data Initiative