UALR Lands 5 More Years of McNair Funding
Despite federal cuts, UALR鈥檚 Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program has won funding approval from the U.S. Department of Education for the next five years, a total of $1.23 million.
UALR鈥檚 program was among only 17 institutions that received approval in a second round of funding announced this fall.
鈥淭his is important because the federal government cut the number of McNair Programs supported across the nation from 200 to 151,鈥� said Gwendolyn Middleton, assistant director of the McNair program in the UALR Academic Success Center.
鈥淔orty-nine schools lost their McNair funding in this grant competition because and reallocated to the Upward Bound Math and Science Program. We were very fortunate to have been funded in this cycle in lieu of this massive cut.鈥�
The grant supports the mission of the TRiO Programs to prepare low-income, first-generation, and under-represented students for the next step in their academic journey.
鈥淪pecifically, we provide graduate school preparation for our target population so that they may be better equipped to attain a doctoral degree,鈥� Middleton said.
Since 2007, UALR鈥檚 McNair program has served 144 students. Beginning October 2013, the number of students who will be helped annually will increase to 28.
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