The Bronx Institute, a CUNY institute based at Lehman, reaches 9,000 Bronx students and their families with academic enrichment opportunities and preparation to enter competitive colleges and careers. In 2008, The Bronx Institute was one of only thirty-one institutions throughout the nation (one of four in the northeast) to receive a multimillion-dollar Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. In conjunction with similar grants received in 2005 and 2007, the Institute works with a network of thirty-eight Bronx middle and high schools to prepare students to succeed in higher education. A 2008-2009 ENLACE Middle School Initiative grant from Hispanics In Philanthropy Funders’ Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities is designed to refine the program’s recruitment process and to produce the ENLACE Family-to-Family Guide to Small High Schools in the Bronx. The United Way of New York City provides similar support to the initiative, and a two-year grant from Time-Warner, Inc. strengthens ENLACE capacity-building efforts.

Posted on: July 15, 2009
Extracted from: Lehman College Strategic Plan Three-Year Planning Horizon 2005-2008: Report to the Community
   Original article published on: December, 2008 | by: Lehman College