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DESCRIPTION:For decades there has been a concerted national effort to incre
 ase participation in STEM education pipelines\, and enrollment in these hi
 gh demand fields has grown. However\, just 20% of students in the bottom t
 wo income quartiles graduate within six years of starting college\, and 56
 % of Juniors and above report experiencing basic needs insecurity such as 
 food\, housing and connectivity. The Last Mile Education Fund launched in 
 2020 to reimagine college scholarships and financial aid to focus on getti
 ng students over the last mile to graduation\, and to date has funded over
  2400 grants to low-income tech and engineering students within four semes
 ters of graduation. Last Mile grantees are 42% Black\, 24% Latino\, 16% As
 ian\, 6% White and 2% Native American. This session will share outcomes of
  Last Mile's investments to date and highlight obstacles to success for st
 udents from low-income backgrounds.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Sarah Lee\, \n\nVir
 tual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/337199
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/337199
ORGANIZER:ms-wie@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:7
SUMMARY:Last Mile Education Fund
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/337199
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>For decades there has been a concerted nat
 ional effort to increase participation in STEM education pipelines\, and e
 nrollment in these high demand fields has grown. However\, just 20% of stu
 dents in the bottom two income quartiles graduate within six years of star
 ting college\, and 56% of Juniors and above report experiencing basic need
 s insecurity such as food\, housing and connectivity. The Last Mile Educat
 ion Fund launched in 2020 to reimagine college scholarships and financial 
 aid to focus on getting students over the last mile to graduation\, and to
  date has funded over 2400 grants to low-income tech and engineering stude
 nts within four semesters of graduation. Last Mile grantees are 42% Black\
 , 24% Latino\, 16% Asian\, 6% White and 2% Native American. This session w
 ill share outcomes of Last Mile's investments to date and highlight obstac
 les to success for students from low-income backgrounds.</p>
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