2019年电子游戏软件毕业典礼.
电子游戏软件 has the third-best graduation rate in the country for Pell Grant recipients, a significant benchmark for the University’s efforts to enroll first-generation, low-income students who have been historically under-represented in higher education.
The 96 percent Pell Grant graduation rate BC achieved this past academic year ranks only behind Cal Tech and Princeton, 根据最近的数据 U.S. 新闻 & 世界报道 高校调查.
Federal Pell Grants are awarded to undergraduates who display extreme financial need, as demonstrated in the difference between the cost of attending a specific college or university and the expected family contribution. Pell recipients represent approximately 14 percent of the 电子游戏软件 student population, according to the University’s Office of Enrollment Management.
“This achievement represents 电子游戏软件 at its best,马奥尼说. “It’s the result of collaborations between various offices, 组织, 以及校园内外的个人, all of which support the hard work of our Pell Grant-receiving students to realize their dream of a high-quality college education.”
负责招生管理的副教务长约翰. 马奥尼 said the graduation rate for Pell recipients at BC typically has been high, especially in recent years: 91 percent last year and 90 percent in 2018. 为背景, 马奥尼 pointed to the University’s overall six-year graduation rate—a reporting standard among all American colleges and universities—of 94 percent; BC ranks 21st among national universities in overall retention and graduation.
“This achievement represents 电子游戏软件 at its best,马奥尼说. “It’s the result of collaborations between various offices, 组织, 以及校园内外的个人, all of which support the hard work of our Pell Grant-receiving students to realize their dream of a high-quality college education.”
在重要的伙伴关系中, 他解释说, are those between Office of Undergraduate 电子游戏软件 staff and various community-based 组织 (CBOs) across the country such as Upward Bound, 新泽西种子(学者, 教育工作者, 卓越, 奉献, 成功), and the Wight Foundation that encourage and support first-generation, low-income high school students of academic promise in pursuing higher education.
“In the communities served by these 组织, schools tend to have high counselor-to-student ratios that make it difficult to offer college guidance to lower-income students and their families,马奥尼说. “The CBOs fill that need by encouraging students to take rigorous courses that help prepare them for college-level work. They are invaluable in connecting our 电子游戏软件 staff with students who are a good fit for BC.”
“BC is one of just 20 private universities in the country that practice need-blind admission, which means that we evaluate each student’s academic and extracurricular credentials without consideration of a family’s financial circumstance. It’s an extraordinary commitment for an institution to make, and it underscores BC’s belief in the importance of a socioeconomically diverse student body. ”
Undergraduate 电子游戏软件 and the Office of Financial Aid work together to offer low-income students the financial assistance they require to enroll at BC, 他继续说. “BC is one of just 20 private universities in the country that practice need-blind admission, which means that we evaluate each student’s academic and extracurricular credentials without consideration of a family’s financial circumstance. It’s an extraordinary commitment for an institution to make, and it underscores BC’s belief in the importance of a socioeconomically diverse student body.”
财政援助主任玛丽·麦格拉纳汉补充道, “We’re especially pleased to see our Pell students flourish. 经济援助的过程可能令人生畏, so we strive to provide the resources and support they need to be successful at 电子游戏软件.”
The commitment continues throughout the student’s time at BC, 马奥尼说, 通过教育选择的参与, 学会学习, 蒙特塞拉特办事处, 公元前F1rst, 西娅·鲍曼AHANA和跨文化中心, 以及其他校园资源.
“These programs and offices are a key factor as to why our retention and graduation rates for Pell recipients are so high. They help students to maximize their experiences at BC, inside and outside of the classroom.”
“The 96 percent graduation rate for the most recent cohort of Pell-eligible students at 电子游戏软件 is something in which we should all take pride,” said Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley. “The admirably high number is the result of the hard work and sustained collaboration between various colleagues across Academic Affairs and elsewhere on campus. Supporting Pell students is an important way of embodying our distinctive mission, and I look forward to working together to learn from our recent successes as we aim to do even better in the future.”
BC has been recognized for its outreach to low-income students. A recent study by The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked the University among the top 30 private, nonprofit colleges and universities that are the most generous to their financially neediest students. 除了, 去年BC被邀请加入QuestBridge, a highly respected nonprofit program that helps high-achieving, low-income students gain admission and scholarships to the country’s top-ranked colleges and universities.
“None of this would be possible without across-the-board coordination at BC on enrollment strategies and objectives,马奥尼说. “When there is commitment to aggressive recruitment, 综合产量规划, 慷慨的经济援助, 持续关注留存率, 成功之前."
Sean Smith | University Communications | October 2020