Activities include financial literacy and college exploration activities. The program involves nearly 1. Central Ohio Technical College, Denison University, and The Ohio State University at Newark, along with Ameri. Corps VISTA volunteers to implement the activities involved. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Abilene Independent School District. Location: Abilene, TXProject Title: College and Workforce Readiness Project — Phase IIGrant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 00. Abilene Independent School District offers dual credit college courses through five local colleges and universities and industry certifications through career and technology programs. TG funding offsets the tuition fees and exam costs for the students involved. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Abilene Independent School District. Location: Abilene, TXProject Title: College and Workforce Readiness Project 2. Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 01. This project serves 2. Abilene ISD students through dual credit and certification courses that prepare them for success in higher education and/or high- demand, high- wage careers.
TG funding provides tuition and fees for AISD students to earn college credit through one of four participating higher education institutions. A special emphasis is placed on recruiting first- generation college students and students from underrepresented populations. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Abilene Independent School District. Location: Abilene, TXProject Title: College and Workforce Readiness Project.
Student persistence program. The federally funded College Access Challenge Grant Program (CACG). MCACG Higher Education Student Persistence Program RFA.
Grant Amount: $9. Award Year: 2. 00. Abilene ISD's Early College program prepares students for success in postsecondary education, the workforce, or military service, providing dual credit college coursework through five local colleges and universities, and offering industry certifications through career and technology education programs. TG funding provides dual credit college tuition and certification exam fees for AISD students.
The School of Education has several faculty with expertise in college access and persistence. UC Davis School of Education One. THE CAUSAL EFFECT OF NEED-BASED GRANTS ON COLLEGE ACCESS, PERSISTENCE. Program, which awarded substantial grants to. Summer Program Grants. Improving access to community resources by those who have been traditionally excluded or have difficulty. LOOKING BEYOND ENROLLMENT: THE CAUSAL.
Approximately 1. 25 economically disadvantaged and first- generation college students will benefit from the dual credit program, and an additional 2. This grant is now complete. Grantee: ACCESS College Foundation. Location: Norfolk, VAProject Title: Year Two — From College Access to College Retention. Grant Amount: $4. Award Year: 2. 00.
This project provides advisory services and need- based financial aid for underrepresented college students at six colleges and universities with the goal of fostering retention and student success. Services include monitoring of academic progress, financial literacy, and additional scholarship application assistance. The majority of TG funds ($4. This grant is now complete. Grantee: ACCESS College Foundation.
Location: Norfolk, VAProject Title: From College Access to College Retention: Persistence and Academic Success for Under- Represented College Student Populations. Grant Amount: $3. Award Year: 2. 00. This project seeks to measure the impact of the services provided by ACCESS on persistence in college and college academic success in an effort to measure the effectiveness of continuing to provide services on college campuses and determine if those services should be expanded. TG funding supports a program analysis and provides $1. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Aims Community College. Location: Greeley, COProject Title: Emerging Scholars Expansion.
Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 00.
With the goal of retaining students and improving their success in class, this project provides peer mentoring, advising and additional resources to underrepresented students who need remediation. Program participants have demonstrated higher grade point averages, higher individual grades, and greater retention rates when compared with similar students not involved in the program. TG funds support expanding the program to serve 2. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Amarillo Area Foundation Inc. Location: Amarillo, TXProject Title.
TG funding supports direct costs of the program and need- based aid. Success coaches work with the students and the community to address the greatest barriers to college attainment with an emphasis on college retention, persistence, performance and progress. Beneficiaries include 3. Amarillo College and 3. WTAMU, although entire student bodies and the larger Texas Panhandle community will benefit from the coaching messages. Grantee: Amarillo College. Location: Amarillo, TXProject Title: No Excuses — College Transition Program.
Grant Amount: $2. Award Year: 2. 01. Amarillo College, Amarillo Independent School District, and six community faith- based partners are working collaboratively to increase the number of low- skilled adults who complete adult secondary education and English language instruction to transition to a workforce training program at Amarillo College. The program benefits 7. English language instruction, financial literacy training, and a college transition course for GED and English language program graduates. Grantee: Amarillo College.
Location: Amarillo, TXProject Title: Student Money Management Center (SMMC)Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 01. Through the SMMC, Amarillo College (AC) strives to improve financial literacy education of low- income and academically disadvantaged AC students or prospective students; to ensure each student has a checking and/or savings account; to connect individuals with financial resources that allow them to pursue postsecondary education and succeed in the completion of a college credential; and to help individuals become proficient at making smart financial choices. Amarillo College estimates that more than 1,0.
Center. The primary direct beneficiaries include students and family members from low- to- moderate income families, first generation students, adult learners returning to college, and . Staff members help students and families identify and apply for financial aid and scholarships to ensure that each student has the financial support necessary to pursue a college degree.
Serving approximately 4. TG funding provides support specifically for college advising, college retention follow- up, parental involvement, and college tours. Grantee: Ann Richards School Foundation. Location: Austin, TXProject Title: College Bound Program. Grant Amount: $6. Award Year: 2. 01. The College Bound program offers students and families academic guidance and support; college awareness activities including visits to campus; career exploration opportunities, including internships and field experiences; personalized guidance in the college selection, application and enrollment processes; and comprehensive application, financial aid, and enrollment support.
During the 2. 01. This grant is now complete. Grantee: Associated Colleges of Illinois. Location: Chicago, ILProject Title: Intensive Science and Math Experience.
Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 00. This project serves 1.
The program's focus is to build a strong and more diverse national workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through providing STEM content knowledge, academic and workforce skills and behaviors, college access skills, and STEM career cluster knowledge. This grant is now complete. Grantee: Associated Colleges of Illinois. Location: Chicago, ILProject Title: ACI's College Readiness Program. Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 00. A year- round program of academic enrichment, personal growth opportunities, and hands- on college campus experiences, the College Readiness Program was designed to increase the high school graduation and college enrollment rates of minority, first generation, and low- income students.
More than 6. 00 Chicago- area students will benefit from the project. TG funding provides materials for a summer academy, workshops, and college tours, with $1. This grant is now complete. Grantee: Austin Community College District. Location: Austin, TXProject Title: ACC Helping to Inspire Excellence and Value in Education (ACCHIEVE)Grant Amount: $1. Award Year: 2. 00. Project ACC Achieve aims to increase the retention, performance, and persistence rate of at least 7.
Hispanic and African- American) who are academically underprepared in two (2) or more basic skills (reading, writing, or math) areas as indicated upon initial assessment. High risk students are identified, monitored, and supported through an individualized holistic approach (counseling, academic coaching/case management), utilizing a structured web- based data entry system. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Austin Community College District. Location: Austin, TXProject Title: Men Of Distinction.
Grant Amount: $8. Award Year: 2. 00. The Men Of Distinction (MOD) program recruits, enrolls, retains, and supports certificate completion, graduation, and/or transfer to four- year institutions for African- American males enrolled in the Austin Community College District (ACC).
MOD consists of enhanced programs for transition to college, counseling and advising, peer coaching, and connections for and between these students. This grant is now complete. Grantee: Austin Community College District. Location: Austin, Texas. Project Title: College Connection: Connecting Possibility to Expectation — One Student at a Time Grant Amount: $1.
Award Year: 2. 00. This project expands the successful program, College Connection, to eight additional Central Texas school districts: Smithville, Liberty Hill, Harper, Lago Vista, Nixon- Smiley, Fredericksburg, Blanco, and Johnson City.
The program is a comprehensive, proven pre- college student services initiative that provides intensive on- campus support for high school seniors. TG funding provides need- based grants to seniors who successfully completed the program and enrolled at ACC. This grant is now complete.
Grantee: Austin Community College District (ACC)Location: Austin, TXProject Title: The First Year Experience (FYE): Surviving the First Semester and Thriving the Second. Grant Amount: $3. Award Year: 2. 01. Austin Community College District (ACC) is chartering The First Year Experience (FYE), which provides 3.