Carla Bowers interview

Making College More Accessible: an Interview with Carla Bowers, Pathway Oregon Coordinator.
Summary: I got a chance to talk to Carla Bowers, coordinator of the Pathway  Oregon program.  Pathway Oregon is designed to make college more accessible for low income students, and make sure that
Topic: Pell Grants
Category:Citizen, expert/ academic
What is it: interview
Author: John Spring, interviewer/Carla Bowers, interviewee
Date of the interview: 3/10/09

Usefulness:
The new Pathway Oregon program is giving 415 incoming freshman students a chance at a college education.  42 % of those freshman are 1st generation college students, and 1/3 of them are students of color.  The average high school GPA of the students participating in Pathway is 3.58.
To be eligible for the Pathway to Oregon program you must be an Oregon resident, have filled out a FAFSA application online, and be eligible for a pell grant.  How it works is if there is a remaining balance on your student account after grants and scholarships, then the Pathway funds will account for the rest of your tuition costs.
Pathway Oregon also gives students tutoring opportunities.  The Pathway office is located in the Academic Learning Services buidling, which is also home to the tutoring center for students.  Students in the program get one free term of math or foriegn language tutoring, and have  a writing and math lab.

Work Cited:

http://pathwayoregon.uoregon.edu/?p=home

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