Announcement | Announcement
Announcement | Announcement
The Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education recently awarded the Jackson State University Student Success unit more than $9 million in grants for six new programs and one continuing program to serve low-income first-generation middle school, high school and college students. 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…I’d like to thank Academic Affairs, the Title III office, and Dr. Mitchell Shears for the focused effort to enhance our grant submissions to reach this milestone accomplishment.”President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D
Since 2019, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Title III Mitchell M. Shears, Ed.D., has worked to elevate JSU’s TRIO programs. To increase the number of grants awarded, over the past three grant cycles JSU Student Success has moved from receiving one award in 2017 to 11 awards. The work is personal and endearing for Shears, a TRIO alum and the 2022 Mississippi Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel TRIO Achiever.
“This past year, we were thrilled to learn that six new programs for the JSU Student Success unit were being funded. To receive over $9 Million in one grant cycle is astronomical for an institution who does not currently have those programs…This is significant because institutions who are submitting a continuation proposal receive priority experience points, known as extra points, which allows them to have an advantage in the competition. However, we were successful to receive, in many cases, perfect scores on our winning grant proposals.”Mitchell M. Shears, Ed.D, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Title III
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