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Reading for the Youth
Reading for the Youth
McNair is currently accepting applications!
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Bernard Fein Scholarship Walk
Bernard Fein Scholarship Walk
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Ronald E. McNair Research Symposium
Ronald E. McNair Research Symposium
See presentations from the 2012 McNair Research Symposium
See presentations from the 2012 McNair Research Symposium
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McNair Graduate School Tour
McNair Graduate School Tour
McNair Scholars had the opportunity to visit various Graduate schools in Boston
McNair Scholars had the opportunity to visit various Graduate schools in Boston
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Welcome Students, Staff & Faculty!
The Rutgers University Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program, has been in operation on the Rutgers University—New Brunswick campus since 1991. The McNair program is one of four TRiO programs on the Rutgers University—New Brunswick campus. The McNair program serves low-income, first generation college students and students from groups historically underrepresented in graduate education that aspire to obtain a doctoral degree. Please see the About Us section for more information.
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 Gwendolyn Baxley
Gwendolyn Baxley is a Honors SAS senior with a major in Psychology and a double minor in Education and English. Her interest in research began her sophomore in the Aresty Research program under the guidance of Dr. Maurice Elias, as a part of the Developing Safe and Civil Schools Initiative. Finding research in the field of education fascinating and influential, she continued research in this field as a McNair scholar in the summer of 2011 and as a research intern at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the summer of 2012. These experiences have shaped her current topic for her senior thesis and research interest for graduate school: charter schools and school capacity. Baxley aspires to utilize the knowledge she gains through her doctoral work to help propose and implement policies that can provide quality education to all students, particularly those in disadvantaged areas like the one where she grew up.
 Walter M. Fortson
Walter Fortson was incarcerated from February 2008 to March 2010 under the New Jersey Department of Corrections. He took a class in prison and upon release, applied and was admitted to Rutgers University in New Brunswick. In 2010, he was accepted to the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Program and became a McNair scholar after completing the summer research institute. Subsequently he's been actively involved on campus, has done well academically, and won many awards - foremost of which a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. He also co-founded a student organization, the Mountainview Project "MVP," named after the admissions program that helped him at Rutgers, which promotes education in prisons by offering tutoring services for inmates and awareness on campus. He is also is a member of the advisory board for the New Jersey Society for Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-Step). He is currently a graduating senior at Rutgers and will be studying at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge in the fall of 2013. |
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