The Educational Partnership Center at U C S C has been awarded a 10.5 million dollar grant. The monies are to be used over seven years to help middle and high school students in south Monterey County prepare for college. The Paving a Path for a College-Going Generation project plans to serve 1,930 at-risk, underrepresented students in the agricultural towns of Gonzales, Greenfield, Soledad, and King City. The U.S. Department of Education received 122 partnership applications and awarded 24 partnership grants nationwide. The grant is one of only 24 awarded nationwide.
