This grant ran out at the end of 1999, but thanks to gifts from Meijer and Herman Miller there is enough money to expand the ministry this year. According to Steve Timmermans, Dean of Instruction, at least 90 percent of the money given is reserved for the kids in the program and over half goes straight to the churches the Pathways program works with.
Pathways contains four areas of specialization.
The campus visit program is held once per month. The purpose of the visit is to expand the kids' horizons to include both college and a career. The fourth part in the Pathways program, called Entrada, is not solely for participants of Pathways. Entrada lets 11th and 12th graders take a college class during the summer session, to give them a feel for what it is like to be in college. In addition, the students are given an academic coach who takes the course along with them and tutors them during the afternoon.