Educational Opportunity Program

1. Larisa Borshch
Social Work 180
EOP Agency analysis
Fall of 2010

2. Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
This program is offered at many CSU’s, and
have been serving students for over 40 years. It
is here to support first-generation, low-income,
educationally disadvantaged college students.
The goal of this program is to get these
students into an environment to encourage
these students to succeed in life and in the
community. This service at the university
supports students to integrate into the
university, encourages the use of campus
resources, and directs students to attain their
academic, career, and personal goals.

4. MISSION AND AIMS OF EOP
 EOP serves its students to increase access,
academic excellence, and retention of CA’s
historically underserved students.
 1) Provide ACCESS opportunities by making higher
education a possibility for potential students for academic
success
 2) Provide ADVOCACY and education to address the needs
of EOP students
 3)Provide TRANSITIONAL experience to empower students
to better manage and navigate the college experience
 4) Provide SUPPORT SERVICES to facilitate student
success.
 5)Provide EOP GRANTS to eligible students

5. RequiRements fRom
eoP students
There are different
requirements for each year
once you are an EOP student.
I intern with the CSUF
juniors, who are required to
meet with their EOP advisor
at least once a semester, as
well as with the peer mentor.
I’m their peer mentor, so the
EOP advisors are my
supervisors, and I’m a peer
mentor for their caseloads.

6. Qualifications
for EOP
☺Be a California
resident
☺Be an undergraduate
student with a family
history of low income
and limited educational
achievement
☺Demonstrate the
potential for success
and be motivated to
achieve your
educational goals
☺Be a first-time
applicant to the CSU
system

7.  Orientation to the
University
 Academic Advising
 Personal counseling
 Class scheduling and
planning
 Academic petition
procedures
 Career/major exploration
 Connect to Tutoring
services/other resources
on campus
 Workshops
 Leadership development
 DARS evaluation
 EOP Grant
 Peer Mentoring

9. ANALYZE MISSION AND AIMS
 The EOP program
reaches out to those who
otherwise might not have
had the help and have
been lost in the
university atmosphere.
They server the
underserved students to
make higher education
possible for them.
 EOP does provide access
to programs offered here
at the university.
 They advocate for the
needs of that population.
 Make the transitional
experience easier.
 Offer support services
 Give EOP Grants to
eligible students.
Program mission
statement
Core Elements

10. I feel like they are providing many resources to the EOP students to make sure that
the students succeed. What I don’t like is that there are many students who qualify,
but once they are at Fresno State, they can’t join the EOP team. Anyone can get the
counseling, but the priority goes to the EOP students, who applied for EOP when
they were first applying for Fresno State.

11. Educational Opportunity Program

Joyal Administration 224
5150 N. Maple Ave., M/S JA 62
Fresno, CA 93740-8026
Phone: (559) 278-1787
FAX: (559) 278-2323
http://www.csufresno.edu/eop/index.shtml