Increasing the number of students majoring in education and preparing them to return to teach in Missouri classrooms is one of the MCF’s signature initiatives.
Another Missouri Colleges Fund signature initiative is the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Scholars Program (STEM) Its purpose is to prepare students to become educators, mathematicians, and scientists.
The Missouri Colleges Fund seeks the support of corporations, foundations, and individuals in providing support to first generation, low-income, minority and “at risk” students.
The First Opportunity Scholars Program seeks the support of corporations, foundations, and individuals to underwrite financial aid to students in first generation, low-income, minority, and Native American students.