Info about:
- First-Year Seminar
- Adelante
- ACE
- SEEK
- Honors
- ISP
- CUNY Edge
First Year Seminar
The Student Academic Success Programs department creates and organized this first-year student success initiative. The Writing Program collaborates in two ways.
First Year Seminar Course & English 101 Cohort Model
In this learning environment, students in a specific cohort attend two distinct courses, together. They each enroll in a single First Year Seminar course; these are designed to satisfy the 100-level Justice Core requirement and, therefore, all have a “justice” element. Additionally, they all take part in the same section of English 101, together.
English 133 First Year Seminar Course
In the First Year Seminar course, English 133: Language and Justice, students in work to explore four large questions: What is justice? How does language work in my life and in my community? How does justice work in my life and in my community? How does language get used to enact, deny, and/or obfuscate (blur/confuse) justice? As a group, students and the instructor unpack number of justice-related issues using linguistic, rhetorical, and sociological tools of analysis. They look closely at spoken, written, and visual discourse to see ways that language shapes who they are, influences how they think of others, motivates them to action or inaction, and changes the direction of individual lives, communities, and nations. Students will go from this course into the rest of their college education (and beyond) with their ear finely tuned to how people control language that affects themselves and a sense of how they can use language to advocate for justice.
Adelante
Adelante is a comprehensive two-year leadership program aimed at helping students who are interested in Latina/o issues to achieve their academic and career goals through an intensive mentoring process involving professors, staff and peer success coaches.
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/adelante
ACE
ACE (Accelerate Complete Engage) at John Jay provides students with the necessary resources—financial, academic and personal—to assist them in obtaining their bachelor’s degree within four years. https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/about-ace-john-jay
SEEK
SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge) is a New York State program at CUNY’s senior and comprehensive colleges that provides academically and financially disadvantaged students who are interested in social justice, with academic support, financial aid, counseling and teaching that enhances their educational and professional achievements. https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/seek-department
HONORS
The Honors Program at John Jay College is comprised of academically talented students who rank in the top 10% of their class at the college. These students—who combine an interest in public service with leadership experience—are afforded through the program a partial four-year scholarship as well as numerous other benefits.
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/honors-program
ISP
The Interdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP) offers course taught by professors from different scholarly areas in the service of developing the intellectual curiosity and scholarly habits of mind that help to achieve student success and serve as the basis for fostering the critical thinking, research, and communication skills that employers and graduate and professional schools so keenly desire from their potential employees or applicants.
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/department-interdisciplinary-studies-isp
CUNY EDGE
CUNY Edge helps students receiving public assistance to succeed academically, graduate in a timely manner, and find sustainable and rewarding employment. The assistance provided to students comes in the form of a multitude of services, other benefits, and support necessary for students to adjust to college life and to succeed in their college and professional careers.
