Carson Edge Program
Washington
Business
Undergrad
Scholarship Description
Serving 25 new students each year, the Carson EDGE program addresses the specific needs and barriers of students from low socio-economic, first-generation backgrounds as they transition to WSU and pursue an undergraduate business degree.
Upon successfully completing their first year, Carson EDGE students are awarded a $3,000 scholarship annually, renewable for up to 3 years for a total of $9,000.
Based in theory and driven by best practice, Carson EDGE programming:
-Develops within students’ the academic skills and behaviors that enable college success;
-Increases students’ social capital;
-Improves students’ contextual skills and awareness of both higher education and business;
-Increases and improves students’ non-cognitive beliefs, skills, and behaviors, including growth mindset, pluralistic orientation, social self-concept, academic self-concept, and social agency.
As a result of our curriculum and scholarship, the Carson EDGE program seeks to significantly improve the retention, academic standing, and graduation rates of first-generation and low socioeconomic students within the Carson College of Business. Thus, the Carson EDGE program seeks to achieve the following objectives:
100% of students served by the program will persist from their first academic year to their second year at WSU.
95% of students served by the program will maintain satisfactory academic standing within the Carson College of Business, earning at least a 2.5 cumulative Business GPA.
60% of students served by the program will graduate from the Carson College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Hospitality Business Management within four years.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for Carson EDGE, a student must be a first-year, first-generation (FG) and/or low socio-economic (LI) WSU student and have declared an academic interest in a business major.
Once accepted into the program, students are not required to reapply and may continue to participate through graduation from Washington State University as long as they meet the following requirements:
Successful completion of their first year of year of the Carson EDGE program
2.6 Cumulative GPA
Continuing Academic Interest or Admitted Major in Business
Full-time student status on the Pullman Campus
Upon successfully completing their first year, Carson EDGE students are awarded a $3,000 scholarship annually, renewable for up to 3 years for a total of $9,000.
Based in theory and driven by best practice, Carson EDGE programming:
-Develops within students’ the academic skills and behaviors that enable college success;
-Increases students’ social capital;
-Improves students’ contextual skills and awareness of both higher education and business;
-Increases and improves students’ non-cognitive beliefs, skills, and behaviors, including growth mindset, pluralistic orientation, social self-concept, academic self-concept, and social agency.
As a result of our curriculum and scholarship, the Carson EDGE program seeks to significantly improve the retention, academic standing, and graduation rates of first-generation and low socioeconomic students within the Carson College of Business. Thus, the Carson EDGE program seeks to achieve the following objectives:
100% of students served by the program will persist from their first academic year to their second year at WSU.
95% of students served by the program will maintain satisfactory academic standing within the Carson College of Business, earning at least a 2.5 cumulative Business GPA.
60% of students served by the program will graduate from the Carson College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Hospitality Business Management within four years.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for Carson EDGE, a student must be a first-year, first-generation (FG) and/or low socio-economic (LI) WSU student and have declared an academic interest in a business major.
Once accepted into the program, students are not required to reapply and may continue to participate through graduation from Washington State University as long as they meet the following requirements:
Successful completion of their first year of year of the Carson EDGE program
2.6 Cumulative GPA
Continuing Academic Interest or Admitted Major in Business
Full-time student status on the Pullman Campus
Washington
Business
Undergrad
