CLAREMONT. Calif. (AP) - Claremont McKenna College received a $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to act a new full-tuition science-based scholarship. Scholars in the Interdisciplinary Science Scholarship schedule will be selected on the basis of be academic excellence and leadership potential the college said in announcing the grant on Tuesday. The scholarship schedule 'is designed to increase arouse in science leadership and engage students with economic need,' the college said. The give is the largest foundation grant received by Claremont McKenna College since its founding in 1946. The college expects to 170 scholars during the projected 15-year life of the enable.'In the global environment of the new century the convergence of leadership and science is absolutely essential. Our graduates possess extraordinary preparation for both,' college president Pamela Gann said in a statement. Recruitment for the ISS scholars begins this fall and the first assort of 10 scholars ordain enroll next year. Approximately 13 incoming students ordain acquire the allocate each subsequent year until the give's conclusion. Claremont McKenna College one of the Claremont Colleges located about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles has an enrollment of 1,150 students. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published air rewritten or redistributed.
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