Welcome to the McNair Scholars Program at Binghamton University.
The McNair
Scholars Program was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1986 to memorialize
the achievements of Dr. Ronald
E. McNair.
The McNair Scholars Program also know as the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program is one of the Federal TRiO programs. The Federal TRiO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRiO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs. The McNair Program is designed to increase the numbers of
low-income, first generation and/or underrepresented minority students attending
graduate school and receiving their doctorate. There are currently 179 McNair
Programs across the country.
Students that want to go to graduate school to ultimately earn
a Phd are our focus.
- To insure our students receive training in research methods and information
skills sufficient for continuation at the graduate level.
- To provide opportunities for summer research internships and other
research experiences throughout the academic year for each McNair
Scholar.
- To insure that participants receive counseling and academic advisement.
- McNair participants will complete their undergraduate studies at
rates higher than comparable non-participants.
- McNair Program graduates will enroll in programs of study at the
graduate level at rates higher than comparable non-participants.
- McNair Participants will earn doctorates in various disciplines,
including the fields of mathematics, science, humanities and the
social sciences.
Low-income or first generation college students and/or students from groups historically under-represented in doctoral
study who desire to pursue a doctorate degree (PhD).
