campus partner(s)

Brooklyn College and CAMBA

state(s)

NY

amount

$300,000

initiative

College-Community Connections: Partnerships

award date

02.2016

project director

Pieranna Pieroni; Christie Hodgkins

Brooklyn College

Grant Summary

$300,000 over 36 months to support an intensive collaboration between Brooklyn College, CAMBA, and the School for Democracy and Leadership. This program aims to increase student and family awareness about college and enhance students ; capacities to succeed in college-level work. From their sophomore through senior years, LtC students enroll in a carefully chosen series of pre-college and college credit courses, in which they interact with and are supported by undergraduate tutors, faculty, and staff at Brooklyn College. Students and their families also receive continuous support and information from CAMBA staff and take part in informational and social activities tailored by the program partners and are proven to promote success.