DALLAS – The University of North Texas UNT Dallas has received a $70,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to fund a work-study mentorship program for area high school students, an initiative that will assist the State in meeting the goals of its “Closing the Gaps by 2015” education plan.
In the program, the first of its kind at UNT Dallas, college students will work with Early College High School students at Nolan Estes Plaza, with Lancaster High School, and with one other DISD high school, yet to be determined. The THECB refers to the program as “Collegiate G-Force Mentors.”
UNT Dallas was one of 32 institutions of higher education in Texas to receive a portion of $2.5 million set aside by the State for work-study programs for fiscal year 2009. A statement from the THECB said evaluations “have shown that providing financial support to our Collegiate G-Force Mentors has increased the number of students who are pursuing and being retained in higher education. These funds increase the persistence and subsequent graduation rates of the students and those they mentor.”
UNT Dallas operates under the authority of the University of North Texas in Denton, the state’s fourth largest university, and is a component institution of the University of North Texas System. The Campus currently offers junior-, senior- and graduate-level courses leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The Campus will become freestanding and open as UNT Dallas, the city’s first and only public university, by 2010.
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