USF receives Helios grant to help grow Black student enrollment
December 2, 2020 - The University of South Florida announced Wednesday it will receive a $60,000 grant from the Helios Education Foundation to further the university’s longstanding commitment to student success for underrepresented populations. The investment through the USF Foundation will be used to hire an external consultant to assess the student pipeline from local community and state colleges and high schools within six counties close to USF. Recommendations based on the findings, which are scheduled to be completed in spring 2021, will help the university to develop new and more effective strategies to recruit and enroll college-ready Black students from regional high schools into one of USF’s three campuses. The grant builds on the university’s plans for additional steps to support diversity and inclusion USF president Steve Currall announced in August.