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November 19, 2008Eastern Connecticut State University Awarded Grant to Assist At-Risk Student Populations |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: Eastern Connecticut State University has received a $200,000 "Project Compass" grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to help more students from underrepresented populations graduate with a college degree. The Project Compass initiative provides money to increase retention and progress to graduation for minority, low-income and first-generation college students, groups that make up more than 50 percent of students attending Eastern Connecticut State University. "We are delighted to be one of four New England colleges to receive a Project Compass grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation," said Eastern President Elsa Nez. At the same time, we recognize that enrolling more first- generation and other underserved students is not enough; the ultimate measure of success is retaining and graduating those students. In 2007, Eastern was one of six New England universities to receive initial $100,000 grants from the Foundation to support planning and capacity building. The grant was also used to develop a statistical tracking model to target services to students identified as most at risk of withdrawing from Eastern. The University also determined which academic services were most needed by students in the Project Compass cohorts, and how to deliver those academic services in a more effective way. Currently, it primarily provides funding through five strategic initiatives: Early Learning, Time for Learning, Pathways to Higher Learning, Adult Learning and Systems Building. We provide direct, immediate access to mainstream national media for 600 colleges, universities, medical centers, public-policy groups and other leading nonprofit organizations.
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