campus partner(s)

SUNY Erie Community College

state(s)

NY

amount

$175,000

initiative

Cornerstone: Learning for Living

award date

05.2025

project director

Sabrina L. Caine; Nathan Naetzker

Grant Summary

$175,000 over 24 months to implement the Essential Texts program, including a gateway course that fulfills SUNY’s Basic Communication General Education requirement and is taken by an overwhelming majority of its students. Students who complete at least four general education courses (about half of their general education curriculum) with the Essential Texts flag will receive a notation on their transcripts.