COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi university is getting $1.5 million in federal money over five years to improve student advising and to help them from dropping out.
The Mississippi University for Women in Columbus announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
MUW’s David Brooking says the university will redesign midlevel education courses and help teachers of those courses improve their instruction. He says the grant will also pay for some faculty members to get time off to work on improvements. The school also plans a peer mentoring program and an online-based tutoring program.
Another focus is streamlining advising by counseling and training faculty advisers. The university will also implement an electronic program to audit degrees and analyze data.
The university will hire three new employees under the grant.
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