HISTORY

 

Project Mentor was established in 1986 to serve New Jersey City University students with learning disabilities through mentoring, tutorial and academic counseling. Over the past twenty years, Project Mentor has grown to be an integral part of the New Jersey City University community providing support services that benefit students with learning disabilities who are transitioning to college.

 

SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS

WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

 

Project Mentor provides a variety of support services including, but not limited to, faculty mentor assignments, advisement, professional tutorials, learning strategy workshops, academic counseling, and advocacy services to any student eligible for the program. Additionally, Project Mentor provides diagnostic assessments (testing) for a limited number of undergraduate college students. As a Project Mentor student, your status is kept confidential.

In 1999, Project Mentor became a Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities. The Regional Center also provides diagnostic assessment evaluations for a limited number of eligible undergraduate students of New Jersey colleges, outreach and transition support to high schools and universities and the annual conference on higher education opportunities for students with learning disabilities. Working under the Special Needs Grant Program administered by the NJ Commission on Higher Education, Project Mentor aims to improve their own identification of and service to college students with learning disabilities.

Project Mentor hosts a summer orientation program that introduces new students to the college environment with classes and various activities in preparation for their initial semester at NJCU. Students will earn college credits for the classes that they attend during this program. Students will also get an opportunity to meet student like themselves and develop support systems beyond the program. See Services Available for more information. Project Mentor also hosts Campus Visits for interested high school students.

Project Mentor is also a university site for the non-profit organization, Project Eye-to-Eye, which links Project Mentor students as mentors to high school students with learning disabilities.