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NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER
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The Bronx Institute at Lehman College www.thebronxinstitute.org FALL 2019
NEW YORK STATE GEAR UP
PROGRAM UPDATE
THE BRONX INSTITUTE/CUNY COLLEGE PIPELINE
College Preparation
The Bronx Institute/CUNY College Pipeline is an initiative organized in collaboration with the College Now Program at Lehman College, Bronx Community College, and Hostos Community College. College Pipeline is a dual-enrollment program that helps New York City public school students transition to college by allowing them to take college-level courses. This year, The Bronx Institute has provided over 30 NYSGU students the opportunity to earn college credits—and become college-ready—before they graduate from high school.
The BI/CUNY College Pipeline emphasizes knowledge of college access and career-awareness. Students are
highly-motivated, and are drawn from all NYSGU schools, where they take classes in Freshman Year Services—a freshman seminar that focuses on writing at the undergraduate level. Upon completion of these classes, students earn one college credit.
The College Pipeline offers highly-motivated students a leg-up, pushes students to build the academic experience needed to achieve at the postsecondary level, and introduces them to the kind of work they can expect in college. The goal is to prepare NYSGU students for the rigors of college-level coursework, with the expectation that many students will enroll in colleges in the CUNY and SUNY systems.
PROFESSOR HERMINIO MARTÍNEZ, PH.D. BRUCE IRUSHALMI MARTHA ATENCIO SAMANTHA SOUVATZIS ROWLEY AMATO ALBERTO MÉNDEZ
Executive Director Deputy Director Assistant Director Editor Writer Designer