09/27/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/27/2024 09:57
September 27, 2024
Baruch College has been awarded a highly competitive $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education under its Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions program. The grant project "Maximizing Success through Inclusive Pedagogy and Peer Mentoring" will focus on improving academic preparedness for undergraduate students.
"Baruch is grateful to receive this transformative grant that will maximize our undergraduates' potential for success through peer mentoring and faculty development," said Dr. Linda Essig, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Baruch College. "This new funding will significantly expand our existing programs and advance new initiatives to help propel students to achieve academic and post-degree success."
The $2.8 million funding represents the largest federal grant that Baruch has ever received to support student success.
Over the next five years, the grant will fund initiatives focused on improving both a sense of belonging and academic preparedness for low-income and transfer students at Baruch, including Hispanic undergraduates, who represent 26 percent of the College's student population.
With this funding, Baruch will:
Provost Essig added, "This is an exciting moment for Baruch College, and I appreciate the efforts of the many staff and faculty members who collaborated to secure this major federal grant that will benefit all our undergraduate students."
Under the leadership of project director Dr. Kathleen Gray, Associate Provost for Learning and Student Success, the College is ready to get to work and launch this new initiative to deepen its investment in student success.
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