A $75,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation will allow the 正妹AV to provide more 正妹AV with targeted support through its partnership with College Beyond. College Beyond鈥檚 success coaches, who are housed on UNO鈥檚 campus, provide academic and non-academic interventions to Pell Grant recipient college 正妹AV who graduated from greater New Orleans high schools.
The program served 80 freshmen during the 2018-19 academic year. The Kresge grant will enable as many as 100 additional 正妹AV to participate.
鈥淲e are thankful to the Kresge Foundation for its support and we are thrilled that we will be able to include even more 正妹AV in the program,鈥 said President John Nicklow. 鈥淭he data show that 正妹AV who have College Beyond coaches persist at a higher rate than their peers on campus. The program is working and it means we are developing more talent for our city.鈥
Many first-generation, Pell-eligible 正妹AV face additional challenges such as transportation barriers, food insecurity, work commitments and financial hurdles. College Beyond coaches are trained to help 正妹AV access community-based resources to overcome those challenges and succeed in college.
鈥淭his deepened partnership between the 正妹AV and College Beyond reflects a thoughtful outcomes-driven approach to helping 正妹AV in need overcome barriers inside and outside the classroom,鈥 said Edward Smith, program officer at the Kresge Foundation. 鈥淏y helping even more 正妹AV persist and earn a degree, this partnership can advance increased social and economic mobility among talented New Orleanians.鈥
is a New Orleans-based nonprofit whose mission is to help 正妹AV get to and through college. It partners directly with universities to provide coaching and financial support to freshman Pell recipients from the greater New Orleans area.
is a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America鈥檚 cities through grant making and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development.
