Equal Chance for Education
Programs
Budget
$105,000.00
Description
"Unlike freshmen with parents, siblings, or cousins who have gone to college, first-generation students are largely learning the pressures of staying above water in school without experienced guidance from home. These students often are unaware of what's known as the "hidden curriculum"-the mix of bureaucratic know-how and sound study skills that can make or break a student's first year in college." -Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring.
ECE Scholars are often first-generation college attendees who do not have access to the same professional guidance and advice that many other college students receive from older family members and friends. Volunteers with our Off-Campus Coaching Program serve as Success Coaches for ECE Scholars. By creating a relationship built on professional growth, trust, and friendship, ECE coaches guide Scholars through their college journey and into their future career.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Immigrants
Program Areas Served
Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee
$105,000.00
Description
"Unlike freshmen with parents, siblings, or cousins who have gone to college, first-generation students are largely learning the pressures of staying above water in school without experienced guidance from home. These students often are unaware of what's known as the "hidden curriculum"-the mix of bureaucratic know-how and sound study skills that can make or break a student's first year in college." -Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring.
ECE Scholars are often first-generation college attendees who do not have access to the same professional guidance and advice that many other college students receive from older family members and friends. Volunteers with our Off-Campus Coaching Program serve as Success Coaches for ECE Scholars. By creating a relationship built on professional growth, trust, and friendship, ECE coaches guide Scholars through their college journey and into their future career.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Immigrants
Program Areas Served
Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee
Budget
$1,476,958.00
Description
100% of our donations are directed towards supporting our scholarship funds. Criteria for our scholarships include a documented financial need, a definite career goal, a B average and high school diploma from a Tennessee high school, and a status of DACA or undocumented that prevents the student from receiving any other financial aid or student loans. ECE has supported 386 ECE scholars attending 15 area universities: Lipscomb, Trevecca, Belmont, Aquinas, Cumberland, Watkins, University of Memphis, MTSU, Milligan, Maryville, East Tennessee State University, Carson Newman, Martin Methodist, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt. Their GPA is an average 3.43 and we have a 98% retention rate.
Program Areas Served
None
$1,476,958.00
Description
100% of our donations are directed towards supporting our scholarship funds. Criteria for our scholarships include a documented financial need, a definite career goal, a B average and high school diploma from a Tennessee high school, and a status of DACA or undocumented that prevents the student from receiving any other financial aid or student loans. ECE has supported 386 ECE scholars attending 15 area universities: Lipscomb, Trevecca, Belmont, Aquinas, Cumberland, Watkins, University of Memphis, MTSU, Milligan, Maryville, East Tennessee State University, Carson Newman, Martin Methodist, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt. Their GPA is an average 3.43 and we have a 98% retention rate.
Program Areas Served
None
