WHITE PLAINS – A federal
grant of just under $2.3 million will provide financial and academic support
to underserved students majoring in biology at Mercy College in Dobbs
Ferry.
The five-year grant, from the National Science Foundation, will be used
by the college to provide scholarship and academic support, including
advising, mentoring, and career preparation, to low-income and underserved
students.
Mercy will also examine the impact of those academic support activities
on enrollment, retention, graduation, and postgraduate placement rates,
in collaboration with other academic institutions. Mercy is one of six
colleges across the country to receive the funding.
The grand was announced by Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D, NY-17), who said
the funds will “empower and improve outcomes for underserved students
(who) will gain the skills critical to achieving academic success and
to obtaining the jobs of today and tomorrow.”
