Freeman Hrabowski’s legacy: the Meyerhoff Scholars

During his three decades as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Freeman A. Hrabowski III built and honed the Meyerhoff Scholars Program into our nation’s finest initiative for attracting and educating students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Made possible by the remarkable generosity of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, the Hrabowski method is elegant and simple: Provide consistently high expectations, a strong sense of community, hands-on research experience, and staff and faculty members who are deeply invested in student achievement — the four pillars of college success in science.