EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY DIVISION OF ASCENDIUM EDUCATION GROUP
Source: Yahoo! FinanceUNCF (United Negro College Fund), the country’s largest and most effective minority education organization, announces today that it has been awarded a two-year grant from Ascendium Education Group to increase student success outcomes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Funding will allow the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building to continue its initiative to build promising practices across a three-pronged, network-based approach: guided pathways, curricular enhancements, and integrated co-curricular engagements for eight partnering HBCUs and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). In addition, UNCF will focus on building the institutions’ readiness, partnerships, and faculty development opportunities. With this institutional transformation effort, UNCF will work to drive greater accountability by devising action plans for institutions and providing data informed support to ensure plan execution and evaluation.
The two-year grant was awarded to the following institutions:
The grant complements an existing seven-year investment from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to help UNCF work with 23 HBCUs and one PBI with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of graduates that transition into meaningful careers in their chosen fields or to continue their education by attending a graduate program.
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Ascendium’s education philanthropy grant program operates within Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc., a member company of Ascendium Education Group, Inc. & Affiliates. Ascendium Education Group has helped millions of learners pursue postsecondary education since 1967, when it was formed to help fulfill the promise of the landmark Higher Education Act of 1965. Over the years, Ascendium has grown to become not only the nation's largest federal student loan guarantor, but also one of the most active postsecondary education philanthropies.
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