How Does the Program Operate? / Dowling Mentor Program / Academics / Mount Union College

The program matches a select group of college students, who have expressed an interest in young people, with selected middle and high school students in the Alliance City Schools.

Such matches are made so that the college students act as mentors to middle and high school students who show promise of a long-term commitment toward academic and personal growth, but lack advantages.

The mentors and students meet weekly for tutoring and enrichment experiences, often on the Mount Union College campus. Once a month the entire group of Dowling mentors and Dowling students enjoy a cultural, recreational or educational group activity together.

Ultimately, the program will include scholarship assistance for these "scholars" to attend college. In this way Mount Union can help younger students look forward to a lifetime of positive contributions to our society while demonstrating to the larger public the special value of independent higher education.