Graduate School Receives Federal Grant
The Claremont Graduate School has been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.
For the 1992-93 year, the school will receive $140,000 and provide $67,500 in non-governmental funds to support the program.
The program, named for the black astronaut killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion, is designed to identify and encourage students from traditionally underrepresented groups to pursue graduate education leading to faculty positions at colleges and universities.
College juniors who will be the first in their families to obtain bachelor’s degrees, are from low-income families or are women, are eligible to become McNair Scholars. They will spend six weeks in an intensive summer session during which they will be exposed to the nature of graduate study.
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