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What is Project Compass? In April 2007, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation launched Project Compass, a multi-year regional initiative to help more underrepresented and minority students succeed in and graduate from public four-year institutions of higher education in New England. This initiative will support innovative institutional programs and strategies that strive to eliminate achievement gaps and significantly increase academic success, retention, and graduation rates for minority and low-income undergraduate students. Eastern's proposal has defined students who are any combination of first generation, low income or a minority as the target group. These make up almost 50% of the first year students and the planned strategies are expected to significantly improve both retention and four-year graduation rates for this cohort. | |||
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