2023 DSP Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 50
DORRANCE SCHOLARSHIP
The Dorrance Scholarship provides financial access,
academic support, and enrichment opportunities
to improve degree attainment. This award supports local
high school students who will study at an Arizona public
university. Each scholarship is renewable for a total of four
years of funding.
Programming consists of awarding scholarships;
bridging students from high school to college; engaging
them in various activities to enrich their education,
including studying the humanities; training in entrepreneurship and
studying abroad; and fostering undergraduate matriculation and
admission to graduate school and/or career placement. The
Dorrance Scholars are first-generation college students and,
generally, have had limited exposure to these experiences.
MORE THAN 80% OF DORRANCE SCHOLARS
COMPLETE THE PROGRAM; OF THEM, 98%
GRADUATE IN SIX YEARS OR LESS.
NATIONALLY, JUST 21% OF LOW-INCOME,
FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS COMPLETE A
DEGREE IN SIX YEARS OR LESS.*
*SOURCE: PELL INSTITUTE
