When Shawn Mayberry’s grades were slipping in his economics class at Truman College last fall, it was a tutor who had graduated from the University of Chicago who helped him turn his grade from a C- to an A.Read the whole thing!The tutor came to him courtesy of the Illinois Education Foundation. The nonprofit organization gives scholarships to City Colleges students and then provides them with mentors, free tutoring and academic advising to help them succeed at community college and get jobs.“That’s one of their biggest assets, is that they help you get further and you’re able to do a little bit more with them on your side,” Mayberry says.
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Program gives some City Colleges students a leg up
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