campus partner(s)

Kent State University

state(s)

OH

amount

$15,000

initiative

Knowledge for Freedom

award date

11.2022

project director

Mark Bracher; Sonya Williams

Grant Summary

$15,000 over 12 months to create a summer seminar featuring transformative texts that explore questions about democracy and citizenship. In partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise school, First Star Academy, Choose Ohio First, and Akron Public Schools College and Career Academies, this program will help Kent State address the postsecondary attainment gap for local high school students living in and around Akron, Ohio.