Jackson State University’s (JSU) Student Success unit has been awarded over $9 million in grants for seven programs that serve low-income first-generation middle school, high school, and college students.
The grants, which were gifted by the Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education, will help fund one preexisting program as well as six new programs at the university. The programs align with the university’s strategic plan to increase the number of students completing secondary, postsecondary, and post-baccalaureate degrees.
“Jackson State University is honored to receive this support from the U.S. Department of Education which will help us to execute our mission of serving students who are destined to be the first in their families to graduate from college,” said President Thomas Hudson.
The funded programs include:
- Student Support Services Teacher Prep ($1,309,440) provides personal, career, and academic services to teacher education majors at JSU.
- Talent Search North ($1,386,875) provides academic, career, and financial counseling to 500 students enrolled in the North Jackson middle and high schools in the Jackson Public School District. The target schools are Chastain, Kirksey, and Powell Middle Schools and Callaway and Murrah High Schools in the Jackson Public School District.
- Tiger Achievers Upward Bound ($1,437,685) provides fundamental support and opportunities for 60 participants to succeed in their precollege performance and their higher education pursuits. The program will target high students enrolled at Humphreys County High School and Yazoo City High School in the Mississippi Achievement School District.
- Tiger Navigators Upward Bound ($1,437,685) provides fundamental support and opportunities for 60 participants to succeed in their precollege performance and their higher education pursuits. The program will target high students enrolled at Callaway High School and Murrah High School in the Jackson Public School District.
- Tiger Survivors Upward Bound ($1,437,685) provides fundamental support and opportunities for 60 participants to succeed in their precollege performance and their higher education pursuits. The program will target high students enrolled at Forest Hill and Wingfield High Schools in the Jackson Public School District.
- Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Scholars Community College Program ($1,309,440) provides research and scholarly engagement programming to community college students enrolled at Coahoma, Copiah-Lincoln, Hinds, Holmes, and Mississippi Delta as they complete their associate’s and bachelor’s degrees. The program encourages participants to enroll in graduate programs and then track their progress through the successful completion of advanced degrees.
- Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Scholars Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) Program ($1,309,440) provides research and scholarly engagement programming to college students enrolled at Alcorn, Mississippi Valley, JSU, Rust, and Tougaloo as they complete their associate’s and bachelor’s degrees. The program encourages participants to enroll in graduate programs and then track their progress through the successful completion of advanced degrees.
