News-Gazette (Oct. 16) -- A new engineering "redshirt" program at the UI will help students who show academic promise but may be unprepared for the rigors of college because they had fewer opportunities in high school. It borrows a strategy from athletic redshirt programs that give students an extra year of eligibility before they begin playing an intercollegiate sport. Illinois is a part of a six-university consortium awarded a five-year, $5 million dollar grant by the National Science Foundation to implement a bridge year for incoming freshmen from disadvantaged backgrounds. Also: ASEE FirstBell (Oct. 18).
Engineering "redshirt" program
10/16/2016