By Staff
WASHINGTON - Twenty-two Michigan colleges and universities, including Southwestern Michigan College of Dowagiac, will receive $6,927,279 in funding to help increase retention and graduation rates of low-income and first-generation college students with disabilities, U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., said Tuesday.
SMC's $277,950 is a five-year funding award.
Student Support Services provides such services as: instruction in reading, writing, math and study skills; personal counseling; mentoring and career counseling; transfer from a two-year to a four-year institution; and grant aid.