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Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
What do the initials MDRC stand for?
Monthly one on one coaching sessions, $50 monthly incentive and assistance with graduating in 2 - 3 years.
What is the PCCC Success Program?
Virtual Options for Institutional Change and Educational Success
What does VOICES stand for?
This grant program requires bi-monthly meetings
What is the MDRC?
These meetings are flexible. They take place in-person, over the phone, via text, & over ZOOM.
How are the SUCCESS meetings held?
Their mission is to create and widely disseminate rigorous, nonpartisan, credible evidence on the effectiveness of policies and programs aimed at improving the lives of low-income families, children and communities.
What is the MDRC?
This Program is only for Paterson high school students (10th, 11th, and 12th graders) for dual enrollment opportunities at PCCC.
What is the On-Ramps program?
Which grant incorprates Paterson Adult School?
What is On-Ramps?
PCCC Mascot
Who is the PCCC panther / Angel Camacho?
This is the amount of and frequency which can students receive an emergency scholarship/ fund from the SUCCESS program.
What is a one time payment of $200?
S.U.C.C.E.S.S is an acronym for this.
What is Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success?
This program helps students complete college-level math and English requirements in their first year of study and accelerate their time to program completion. More than 300 low-income, minority students benefit from these services.
What is the PCCC SUCCESS Program?
Receive individualized advising, one free class per semester, an opportunity to work with a cohort, and free school supplies.
What is the VOICES program at PCCC?
Students need to have at least 12 credits (ie be FT) in order to participate in these programs.
What are MDRC and PCCC/ SUCCESS?
Is there a limit to the number of credits that students can take while in VOICES or On-Ramps?
it is 30 credits for VOICES. For On-Ramps there is no limit as long as they are in high school.
Developmental Education, Financial Aid, Student Services, Institutional Reform, Instruction and Curricula
What are the issues the MDRC focuses on in Higher Education?
Students taking this course usually receive a free laptop.
What is College Success?
Eastside, JFK, PCTI, Passaic High School, Passaic Prep, PASE, Panther Academy, and the STEAM Academy.
The high schools where the VOICES does recruitment?
When are the Grants expected to end?
August 2023
The name of the Jeopardy theme song.
What is "Think"?
Provides a way for students to earn college credits while still in high school
What is dual enrollment?
Is focused on strategies to increase postsecondary access for all students in the state by developing innovative solutions for addressing equity gaps in college attendance by race and socioeconomic status
What is the On-Ramps Program?
Students need to have less than 24 credits & do not need to receive Financial Aid.
What is the Success Program??
What classes are typically paid for by the On-Ramps Program
What is College Success and any other requirement they may need to complete HS?
What are students who take classes for more than 2 - 3 years not able to receive.
What is the monthly stipend?