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Summer Sessions offers special academic programs that also contribute to student diversity and the internationalization of the campus. One of these is the six-week Pre-College Research Mentorship Program that engages high school students in ongoing campus research by matching them with faculty, post-doctoral, and/or graduate student mentors. Largely as a result of the vigorous fund-raising efforts of the Program’s Director, Dr. Miriam Polne-Fuller, over $475,000 in scholarships have been awarded to 62 worthy students. Most of these scholarship students come from economically disadvantaged families, and have demonstrated that they have the academic potential to be the first members of their families to attend college. Many (15-25%) Program participants choose to attend UCSB after completing high school, ranking the Program among the most cost-effective outreach programs offered by any campus in the UC system.
The Freshman Summer Start Program (with 330 participants) and the Transitions Program (175 participants) are designed for newly admitted students. Both Programs share a common goal of helping these students make smooth academic and social transitions to campus life. Inasmuch as 25-30% of the students in these programs are the first members of their families to attend college, both programs assist campus recruitment and retention efforts by providing a rich array of special academic and support services designed to help these students make successful transitions to the vibrant academic life of the campus.
Summer programming also creates several opportunities for enhancing the two-way conduit
between the academy and the global community by offering open enrollment opportunities to international students visiting Santa Barbara, as well as international Travel-Study Program opportunities. UC Santa Barbara students travel to Greece, Mexico or Turkey, study historical sites and local culture firsthand under the expert direction of our faculty, and make timely progress toward their degrees by enrolling in UC Santa Barbara courses.
Hence, among their many other contributions to our academic
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