Wednesday, August 17, 2011

State higher-education board awards major grants to San Antonio College - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinatintg Board is furnishing the funding over the next three One grant will support a summer bridge programn to serve 11th and 12th grade studentds from San Antonio Independent School San Antonio College wantas to help students from the schoolk district who are not colleg e ready make the transition from high schoolpto college. Another grant will support SanAntoniop College’s Senior Summer Program, which accept recent graduates from Jefferson, Fox Tech, Lanier, Highlands, Kennedy, Holmes, Jay, Lee and Alamo Heights high These students have an opportunity to earn up to seven college credits.
The third gran t will allow San Antonio College to recruit, assess and enroll 11th and 12th grader from Edgewood Independent School These students will be provided with college-readinessx coursework in English and math and receive one-on-one counseling, tutorinv and participate in field trips. “These grantds will give us many more resources to help studentxs succeed academically and move onto college,” San Antoniko College President Robert E. Zeigler says. “Achieving academic succesas will help students have fulfilling careers and improve the quality of life inour community.
We enjoyu our relationships with local high schools and see these programs as beneficial to the colleg eand students.” These programs are offerexd through the college’s divisioh of evening, weekend and distance The state awards grants to community colleges and participatingf school districts as a way to help low-income students do well in college.

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