Access & Equity Grant

 

The Access & Equity Grant is given through the Commission on Higher Education.  Their vision is to achieve educational equity in higher education.  This means that success in college should not be affected adversely by a student's race.  They believe that minority enrollment should be proportional to minority population in South Carolina.  Progress in the recruitment and retention of minority students is a top priority for the Commission on Higher Education.

 

The purpose for Access & Equity is to recruit and retain minority students at Greenville Technical College through using the resources and funds provided by the Commission on Higher Education. 

 

There is a Returning Student Scholarship in which to qualify you have to have at least a 2.5 GPA, be of minority background and returning to Greenville Technical College the following semester.

 

The Dr. Brister’s Minority Leadership Scholars Program selects 20 minority students with a GPA of 2.8 or higher to attend 4 workshops with community leaders conducting the workshops.  The workshops are a great arena for the students to network and get to know city officials and other high profile local citizens and interact with one another that they, otherwise, would not get the opportunity to do so.  They learn a lot about other professions and how to find and get the opportunities that they are looking for out in the workforce.

 

For more information call Jewell Whitney – 250-8306

 

 

Deadline for Returning Student Scholarship -  October 31, 2006

Deadline for Dr. Brister’s Leadership Scholarship –  February 2, 2007