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The Star-Ledger By Kelly Heyboer
August 04, 2013 at 6:45 AM
NEW BRUNSWICK — Five years ago, Rutgers University began a grand experiment.
What would happen if the university put nearly 200 low-income kids in an intensive multiyear program to get them ready for college and offered them free tuition to Rutgers if they stuck with it?
The results of the program, called Rutgers Future Scholars, are better than anyone at the university expected. Out of the 183 students who started the program as seventh-graders, 163 are headed to college this fall — including 98 to Rutgers on full scholarships, school officials said.
Nearly all will be among the first in their families to attend college.
"I’m very excited — it even beats the state graduation rate," said Courtney McAnuff, Rutgers’ vice president for enrollment management. "It’s just been phenomenal."
The success of the inaugural class of Rutgers Future Scholars is attracting national attention. The university recently received a grant to hold a three-day national conference about the program in November. The event is designed to help other schools and communities around the nation develop similar programs aimed at giving more low-income students a chance to go to college.
Full story at http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...o_college.html
August 04, 2013 at 6:45 AM
NEW BRUNSWICK — Five years ago, Rutgers University began a grand experiment.
What would happen if the university put nearly 200 low-income kids in an intensive multiyear program to get them ready for college and offered them free tuition to Rutgers if they stuck with it?
The results of the program, called Rutgers Future Scholars, are better than anyone at the university expected. Out of the 183 students who started the program as seventh-graders, 163 are headed to college this fall — including 98 to Rutgers on full scholarships, school officials said.
Nearly all will be among the first in their families to attend college.
"I’m very excited — it even beats the state graduation rate," said Courtney McAnuff, Rutgers’ vice president for enrollment management. "It’s just been phenomenal."
The success of the inaugural class of Rutgers Future Scholars is attracting national attention. The university recently received a grant to hold a three-day national conference about the program in November. The event is designed to help other schools and communities around the nation develop similar programs aimed at giving more low-income students a chance to go to college.
Full story at http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...o_college.html
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