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The Future Scholars Program: Preparing Future Scholars For Rutgers & Readying Rutgers For Future Scholars, Katie Poynter, Susan P. Sturm
The Future Scholars Program: Preparing Future Scholars For Rutgers & Readying Rutgers For Future Scholars, Katie Poynter, Susan P. Sturm
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The Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School identified the Rutgers Future Scholars program as a new and innovative approach to advancing the participation and success of low-income, minority students in higher education. Rutgers University established the Future Scholars program with the goal of ― reaching minority and low-income students who might otherwise never consider college within their grasp."1 Future Scholars targets promising middle school students from the urban communities surrounding its three main campuses of Newark, Camden, and New Brunswick/Piscataway. These communities face challenges of social marginalization and poverty. Despite their proximity to the Rutgers campuses, …