EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Oct. 8 -- Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville issued the following news release:
For many students, the leap from high school to college brings more than new coursework. A higher education campus brings unfamiliar systems, financial responsibility and a desire to belong. At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR) program has spent more than two decades easing thousands of students' transition from uncertainty to thriving in their new campus home.
Launched in 2003 to serve roughly 200 first-year students from historically underrepresented populations, SOAR has grown into one of SIUE's most vital student success initiatives, now supporting nearly 1,000 stude...