Carlow University

TRANSFORMATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

LOCATED IN OAKLAND, THE HEART OF PITTSBURGH'S "EDS, MEDS, AND TECH" DISTRICT, CARLOW UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, CO-EDUCATIONAL, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN 1929 BY THE SISTERS OF MERCY. OFFERING AN INTIMATE, PERSONALIZED ENVIRONMENT AND FACULTY FOCUSED ON TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, CARLOW IS KNOWN FOR ITS STRONG COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETHICAL FORWARD-THINKING LEADERSHIP AND MEANINGFUL SERVICES THAT MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. APPROXIMATELY 44% OF CARLOW'S STUDENT POPULATION IS PELL-ELIGIBLE, 26% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND CARLOW RANKS 3RD IN PENNSYLVANIA ON SOCIAL MOBILITY. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH CARLOW'S TRADITION OF HELPING THOSE, WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY, EARN A CERTIFICATE OR DEGREE, THEREBY CHANGING THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFE AND TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW. CARLOW UNIVERSITY IS UNIQUE IN SERVING BABIES TO AGE THREE THROUGH ITS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER, CHILDREN PREK TO K-8 AT ITS CAMPUS LAB SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO AGE 66 THROUGH ITS CAMPUS NETWORK AND ONLINE EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS. FROM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS TO MORE THAN 50 GRADUATE, DOCTORAL AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS, CARLOW STUDENTS GRADUATE READY TO MEET TODAY'S WORKFORCE DEMANDS FOR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. APPROXIMATELY, 96% OF CARLOW UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI ARE ENROLLED IN AN ADVANCED DEGREE PROGRAM OR EMPLOYED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF GRADUATION. FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW CARLOW UNIVERSITY BSN (BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING) GRADUATES HAVE THE HIGHEST NCLEX PASS RATE IN PITTSBURGH (95.51%). THIS IS PARTICULARLY REMARKABLE BECAUSE THEY COMPLETED THEIR FINAL YEAR OF EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, THE CAREER OUTCOMES FOR THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2019-2020 REMAINED STRONG. FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE CARLOW GRADUATES' KNOWLEDGE RATE WAS 86%. ADDITIONALLY, THE OVERALL CAREER OUTCOME RATE FOR JOB SEEKERS AND GRADUATES SEEKING CONTINUING EDUCATION WAS 98%. MOST NOTABLE WAS THAT 100% OF GRADUATE STUDENTS REPORTED POSITIVE JOB AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OUTCOMES. ADDITIONALLY, 91% OF STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE (INTERNSHIP, RESEARCH, ETC.). DURING THEIR TIME AT CARLOW. CARLOW ALSO SERVES THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE THROUGH A VARIETY OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS. STUDENTS ALONG WITH THEIR FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS TO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR THE PRO BONO CLINIC THAT ALSO BEGAN THIS FALL. LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF CARLOW'S UNIVERSITY COMMONS BUILDING, THE CLINIC WELCOMED THE FIRST PATIENTS AND QUICKLY FILLED IN THE AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS. THIS COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR IS PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THEIR FACULTY MEMBERS AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY ALSO SERVED THE CARLOW COMMUNITY BY OFFERING A FREE HEARING CLINIC TO EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS THIS FALL. CARLOW'S SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTES (SJI) LEAD COMMUNITY WIDE ANTI-RACISM BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS, DISSECTING AND ENGAGING FACULTY, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY READERS IN MICHELLE ALEXANDER'S "THE NEW JIM CROW AND ANGIE THOMAS' "THE HATE U GIVE," ANALYZING ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. AS K-12 STUDENTS FOUND THEMSELVES RELEGATED TO REMOTE LEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC, MANY STUDENTS OF COLOR AND THOSE LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED NEIGHBORHOODS DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE MONITORING AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT THAT IN-PERSON EDUCATION ALLOWS. A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASSET AND CARLOW UNIVERSITY PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THAT HELPED CURB LEARNING LOSS DURING THE TRYING TIMES OF THE PAST TWO YEARS AND GAVE TEACHERS-IN-TRAINING INVALUABLE WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, APPROXIMATELY 100 PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS WERE DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 150 PITTSBURGH LEARNERS VIA REMOTE TUTORING THIS YEAR.