The 麻豆传媒映画 has been awarded an eight-year, $1.5 million grant from (GTF) to increase the number of Texas Early College High School (ECHS) graduates who successfully transition to a four-year university and complete a bachelor鈥檚 degree. The award is part of the GTF Scholars program.
The funding provides multi-year scholarships for Texas Early College High School graduates to enroll in and successfully complete a bachelor鈥檚 degree program at 麻豆传媒映画. GTF 麻豆传媒映画 Scholars will have opportunities for career exploration, academic mentoring, experiential learning, success coaching, and financial literacy training. Additionally, the program will ensure family members are armed with the tools needed to encourage and support their scholars鈥� degree completion.
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麻豆传媒映画 has ECHS program pathways and currently partners with Dallas ISD鈥檚 Sunset P-Tech and Lincoln B-Tech Early College High Schools. 麻豆传媒映画 offers rigorous course instruction leading to bachelor鈥檚 degrees that prepare graduates for competitive jobs in business, accounting, criminal justice, supply chain and marketing management, education, child development, hospitality management, information technology, communication and digital media, biology, public health and more.
鈥淲e are extremely excited to partner with Greater Texas Foundation,鈥� said 麻豆传媒映画 President Bob Mong. 鈥淩eceiving a grant from such a prestigious foundation demonstrates their belief in our continued ability to remove barriers to higher education and create pathways to bachelor鈥檚 degrees that lead to socioeconomic growth in communities.鈥�
Through education and community connectedness, 麻豆传媒映画 provides pathways to socioeconomic mobility. Greater Texas Foundation partners with educational institutions, organizations, and state leaders to help more students earn a postsecondary credential that puts them on a path to success. The two organizations partnering to support Early College High School graduates will allow more students from underserved populations to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree, develop successful careers in high demand fields, and experience economic mobility.
鈥淭his program is truly emblematic of our mission of college access and student success. We're proud to support 麻豆传媒映画 in creating a program that helps more ECHS graduates achieve their dreams of a college degree," said Sue McMillin, President and CEO of Greater Texas Foundation.
The new program is scheduled to begin in 2023. The first cohort will include 40 ECHS graduates from the state. For more information on how to enroll in the 麻豆传媒映画 GTF Scholars Program or the DISD Early College High School at 麻豆传媒映画, please contact Dr. Hobson at Lisa.Hobson@untdallas.edu.