2021 DSP Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 7
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 training in entrepreneurship and studying
abroad; and fostering undergraduate matriculation
and admission to graduate school and/or career
placement. The Dorrance Scholars are firstgeneration college students and, generally, have
had limited exposure to these experiences.
80%+
MORE THAN 80% OF DORRANCE SCHOLARS GRADUATE IN SIX
YEARS OR LESS.
NATIONALLY, JUST 21% OF LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION
STUDENTS COMPLETE A DEGREE IN SIX YEARS OR LESS.*
PELL INSTITUTE, MAY 2019