The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) designs, administers, and supports programs that deliver access and retention services to CSUN students. Established in the Fall of 1968 by a legislative mandate, EOP focuses on highly motivated low-income, first-generation college students, a population that not only reflects the diversity of CSUN's feeder communities, but also the diversity of the university itself. Currently the total undergraduate enrollment of EOP students is approximately 2650 students (8% of university population).
Where It All Began
In addition to providing a limited number of students with a modest EOP grant, EOP also sponsors K-12 partnership initiatives, transitional Bridge Programs, and a Fresh Start summer informational day. These programs help to create a stronger pipeline from the community to the university and help students bridge the gap between high school and CSUN. CSUN has adopted an EOP model of advisement in student resource centers/EOP Satellites located in each academic college (and for undecided students - the Advising Resource Center/EOP). EOP Satellites not only provide advisement services for EOP students, but also serve nearly 10,000 non-EOP students each academic year as well.
EOP staff members can be found in such areas as the Transfer Center, the Learning Resource Center, Student Outreach and Recruitment, and in grant-funded programs such as the Dubois-Hamer Institute and Academic Preparedness Partnership Programs. In addition, EOP sponsors the Faculty Mentor Progra, a program that provides diversity-based training to faculty through its Faculty Mentor Program, a program that provides diversity-based training to faculty through its Faculty Mentor Training Project, as well as colloquia and sponsored activities. The Faculty Mentor Program also works closely with the college EOP Satellites to enhance process-based mentoring between faculty/staff and students.
An inherent part of the institution, EOP at CSUN is committed to the provision of support programs that encourage and empower students.
The EOP Central Office is located in University Hall 205. You may reach the EOP Central Office by calling 818-677-4151, or e-mailing the office at eop.central@csun.edu
A Historic Event
EOP Time Capsule Event
EOP in collaboration with The Provost Office, has successfully cemented the official EOP Time Capsule outside Bayramian Hall, next to the sundail fountain. The time capsule will remain buried for 20 years, at which time, the capsule will be resurrected and celebrate 60 years of EOP, Making A Difference.
