The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students
Wabash College has received an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve retention and graduation rates for all students with special emphasis on students from particular populations that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education.
The grant will build on the successful programs developed in a prior Mellon Foundation grant, which established the Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program (WLAIP).
“We are exceptionally proud to again benefit from the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop pedagogical practices and programs that will support all Wabash students, and especially those young men who have traditionally struggled to graduate on time at colleges and universities all across the country,” said Wabash President Gregory D. Hess....