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Extended Opportunity Programs and Services |
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EOPS program's primary
goal is to encourage the enrollment, retention and transfer of students
handicapped by language, social, economic and educational disadvantages,
and to facilitate the successful completion of their goals and
objectives in college. EOPS offers academic and support counseling, financial aid and other
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EOPS
was established in 1970 by the California State Legislature, the Board of
Governor's and administered by the California Community College Chancellor's
Office.
EOPS'
Mission is to provide
opportunities in higher education for students with academic potential who,
historically would not have attended college.
The goal of EOPS
is to support, guide, recruit, and retain students that need assistance
based on their educational disadvantage and low income status, and to
increase the number and percentage of EOPS students:
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Who successfully complete their chosen
educational objectives. |
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Who are successfully placed in career
employment. |
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Who transfer to four year institutions, after
completing educational programs at community colleges. |
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The Nickel and the Nail |
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In November 1971, the Executive Committee of the California Community
College EOPS
Association (CCCEOPSA) adopted the Nickel and Nail as the symbol of
aid offered to many California community college students through
EOPS.
It is important to have "something to jingle."
EOPS works to
enhance self esteem, foster pride and dignity, and motivate people to
effectively define and pursue career goals.
The nails twisted Into a puzzle, suggesting the problem has yet to be
unraveled for helping people who, by circumstances of the society in
which we live, have been limited in meeting their own educational
challenges.
How did a nickel and nail come to represent a successful
effort at helping provide the motivation and means to thousands of
young people with thousands of different needs?
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"The story goes that a young man some years back in the deep south was
walking down a dusty road to visit a lady friend, all too aware that
the nickel in his pocket was all he had to the world. That emptiness
tore away at his self esteem.
As he walked, he
noticed two gnarled horseshoe nails that were twisted together and
lying by the road. He picked them up and put them in his pocket, and
as the metal jingled against his meager fortune, the young man walked
a little straighter, with a little more pride and dignity". |
EOPS Eligibility Criteria
Applicants
to EOPS must:
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Qualify for a BOGG (Board of Governor's Grant) 1 or 2, or a BOGG 3 with an
Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of zero.
2. Have
completed 55 or fewer degree applicable units.
3. Be
deemed 'educationally disadvantaged'
according to criteria set forth under Title
5 of the California Code of Regulations.
How To Apply:
1. Complete and file a Board of Governor's Grant (BOGG) form and the
financial aid application (FAFSA). Applications can be picked up at the
Financial Aid Office (100 building, room 108)
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2. Complete and return the EOPS/CARE
application
form
which can be obtained on the EOPS Home Page or at
the office (room 2071.). |
3. Questions regarding program
eligibility and application filing dates can be directed to the EOPS Eligibility
Technician at
242-7543.
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