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The Unixersity of Chicago, for example, has pledged $10 mil
lion for its C ollege Success Initiative, which will reach 10.000 high
schools
across the next 10 years. Mount Holyoke College in Massachu
setts has a progiam that offers full scholarships for low -income, noil-
traditional age college students, Scripps College in ( alifornia will
increase its financial aid and scholarship endowment by S?5 million
over the next live years, Boston's Bunker I fill Community C ollege
will allow incoming freshmen to start remediation before their first
emcsicr. Collcec Board is selling Up partnerships to waive student
application lees.
Morehouse C pitting an alternative to the SAI AC 1. Howard is
boosting sikcess among low-income SII.M students and matching
Pell (Hants by loti percent Morgan State is expanding its pipelin
ing partnership with the ( ommuniiy C ollege of Baltimore College,
.is well as an initiative to hJp students who'vC left the university in
good academic standing complete their degrees. And Spelman w ill
oniiiiue to fundraise io financially support upperclassmen may not
Cadualc due to be recession.
Absent from the summit is the trouble ofballooning college costs,
'he omission is uHibeiate: back in August, the presidem made col
ic accountability quality, and affordability his personal undertak-
. Ills plan mchinc . the creation of a College Scorecard (by 20IC
nich will be base * on access, affordability, and outcomes), linking
Indent's financial aid io their class completion, bolstering tcchnol-
>gy. and more.
the institutions md organizations involved will reconvene next
year, when the White House will evaluate their progress anil more
entities w ill be mviu d to join the strategy.
Before introducing the president al the summil. Mrs. Obama
shared her own coll-ee experience, painline the story of a liist-gen-
uialion college freshman-w ho didn't Know how to mix ieale a campus
gikl didn't see anyone w uh whom she could idcntilv.
"I didn't even brine the right sized sheets for my dorm room bed
. I was a little overwhelmed and a little isolated. But then I had
an opportunity to participate in a three-week, on-campus orientation
program that helped me eel a feel lor the ihythm of college life.'
she said. " \nd once sehool started. I discovered the campus cultural
t enter ... w here I found students and staff w ho came from families
and communities that were similar to my own. I hey were there to
aiisw er the questions I w as too embarrassed to ask any one else. Anil
il it weren't for those resources and the friends and the mentors. I
honestly don’t know how I would have made it through college."
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NIorth Carolina Central University Art Museum Exhibits
Student Art from Durham Public Schools
The North Carolina Central University Art Museum will present "Durham's f inest" Jan. 12-31. an exhibition t]
eta s landing student artwork from Durham Public Schools (DPS).
he juried show will feature four works of two-dimensional art from each school. Selected examples of threJ
dimensional artwork will also be featured.
rite exhibit follows the progression and artistic development of the students front pie-kindergarten through hid
wbpol. By hosting the school sy stem's only district-wide art exhibit. NCCU Art Museum gives the students the rat
opportunity to see their artwork in a professional gallery setting.
in opening reception will take place Sunday. Jan. 12. from 2-4 p.m. for the student artists, their families, friend]
u' 'achers. school of ficials and board members from DPS and NCCU. The reception is free and open to the public
V elcotning remarks and announcements of three Purchase Awards will be made by Kenneth Rodgers, director t|
th NCCU Art Museum, and Mary Casey, director of K-12 Arts Education for DPS.
Mier the reception. "Durham's I inest" will remain open through Jan. 31 during the museum's regular operatin
hems, which .■ I uesday through 1 riday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p m. and Sunday. 2-4 p.m.
1 lie museum is closed on Saturdays. Mondays and university holidays. Group visits may be arranged, for moil
i.obi motion, contact Rodgers at 919-530-5079 or kroduers / necu.edu.