Minority males in the Chicago Southland region lag behind their white counterparts in college completion rates. To stem this trend, the Consortium has developed a regional peer-based academic and social integration program called Brother to Brother (BtB) which assists minority males to persist and graduate from college.
The B2B program is modeled after the nationally recognized Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) program. “The Student African American Brotherhood Organization is a dynamic organization established specifically to assist our participants to excel academically, socially, culturally, professionally, and in the community. SAAB is primarily comprised of male students who strive for academic excellence and make a commitment to plan and implement programs that benefit their community at large. Participants are encouraged to embrace leadership by being positive examples for each other through a strong commitment to academic achievement, brotherhood, and community service.”
The Consortium provides regional programming to promote networking among students and staff. Building connections throughout the educational continuum fosters, in students, a sense of comfort and belonging on college campuses and will build a vertical support network. This structure will create seamless transitions between high schools and community colleges and community colleges and 4-year institutions.
Project Éxito
The South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC) is engaged in a multi-year project, known as Project Éxito, to address the access, retention and graduation issues that Latino students face in the Chicago Southland region. Below are links to many aspects of this initiative.
History
FINDINGS
"How are we doing?"
Focus Group Findings and Recommendations
WORKSHOPS - CONFERENCES
Working from Within to Better Serve Latino Students
Supporting Latino Students Success
Meeting the needs of Generation 1.5 Students
RESOURCES
Financial Aid and Latino Student Scholarships
Organizations Focused on Hispanic Education Issues
Local Resources
Health Care Initiatives
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Affiliation Agreement click here
In 2006, the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC) spearheaded the development of an affiliation agreement for use by health care providers and educational programs. This Agreement is designed to minimize the extent to which providers and educational entities need to customize an affiliation agreement for every health care program requiring a clinical rotation, thereby reducing the personnel time spent on contract review, and freeing the staff to focus their efforts on other critical activities. The expeditious signing of the agreements places students in clinical rotations faster, thus improving student satisfaction with the clinical experience.
A task force including: SMHEC, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC), Illinois Hospital Association (IHA), Illinois Coalition for Nursing Resources (ICNR), and hospital staff and educators representing the entire metropolitan Chicago area participated in the development and review of this document. A number of hospitals and colleges in the Chicago Southland region volunteered to pilot the document for one year, beginning in the summer of 2006. As a part of the pilot process the document went through a series of reviews and revisions by attorneys, hospital and college staff. The year long pilot was completed in spring, 2007, and the document is now available in updated form for use in Illinois colleges, universities and health care institutions which provide clinical experiences.
The Consortium is partnering with the Southland Healthcare Forum in the Southland Health Career Program. To learn more about that program click here.
Previous Health Care Workshops & Summits
Legislative Briefing-Health Care Education
Exploring Creative Partnerships in Health Care
Partnerships in Health Care Delivery
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