Jackson State University Student Success Awarded $9 Million for seven U.S. Department of Education Grants
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JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education recently awarded the Jackson State University Student Success unit more than $9 million in grants for six new programs and one continuing program to serve low-income first-generation middle school, high school and college students.
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- JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education recently awarded the Jackson State University Student Success unit more than $9 million in grants for six new programs and one continuing program to serve low-income first-generation middle school, high school and college students.
- Since 2019, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Title III Mitchell M. Shears, Ed.D., has worked to elevate JSU's TRIO programs.
- To increase the number of grants awarded, over the past three grant cycles JSU Student Success has moved from receiving one award in 2017 to 11 awards.
- The program will target high students enrolled at Callaway High School and Murrah High School in the Jackson Public School District.