Student Support Services

The Student Support Services (SSS) Program is one of six Federal TRIO Programs that provides educational outreach assistance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds (first-generation, low-income and disabled). SSS has been in existence since 1968 and has been on the campus of RCC for over (20) twenty years. There are approximately 959 federally funded projects in the county serving over 200 million students. “The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants and facilitate the process of transition from one level of higher education to the next.” U.S. Department of Education Web Sites; www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html.

Services Offered by SSS at RCC:

• Tutoring Program
• Career Exploration Inventories and Counseling
• Academic or Personal Counseling
• College Transfer Counseling and Assistance
• Computer Lab with Internet Usage
• Equipment Check-Out (Laptops, Calculator, Tape Recorders, etc.)
  
  

In order to participate in the program and receive services, a student must be eligible according to the Program Regulations of SSS. Applicants with a high academic need (after placement testing, need one or more Developmental Studies Course; math, reading and/or English, which are prerequisites to General Education courses) are encouraged strongly to apply. Applications are available in our office located in the Student Services Building. Once a person is made eligible for the program, all services are free. The Peer Tutorial Program (our most highly requested service) is designed to help students who are having difficulty in specific course of area of instruction. The office number is 633-0230.

SSS Program Staff: