[ W H Y COLLE GE TRACK?]
[ W H O W E S ERVE]
2011-2012
HOW DO YOU CREATE CHANGE?
2012-2013
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 16 years of
supporting students’ efforts to graduate from college,
it’s that real transformation requires real commitment.
36%
What kind of commitment? The entire high school and
college experience. It’s a lot to ask. It’s a big investment
of time, effort and hope.
64%
4% 4%
4% 6%
12%
The students we empower are two and a half times
more likely to graduate from a four-year university than
their peers. Our program is a third the cost of any other
alternative out there. And we have literally closed the
opportunity gap for the young people we serve.
9%
44%
By providing the tools, the guidance, and the kind
of support you’d expect from a second family, we’ve
become far more than just a college prep program.
43%
African American
Multiracial
Latino
Other
Asian
And by approaching each student’s experience
individually and holistically, we’ve seen the impact
even just one college degree can have as it ripples out
to affect the lives of others.
75%
81%
GRANT
GRANT
PELL
That’s why we’re on a mission to work with schools
to foster a college-going mentality and dramatically
increase the number of college graduates from
underserved communities across the country.
IN MAKING COLLEGE GRADUATION
81%
GENERATION
GENERATION
FIRST
A N E XP E CTATIO N FO R A LL.
TO COLLEGE
•
San Francisco
•
ELIGIBLE
82%
A REALITY FOR ONE, WE MAKE IT
Oakland
PELL
ELIGIBLE
Because we know that as individual College Track
alumni leave their campuses, they do so not just as
graduates, but as the new standard for their friends,
families, and communities.
•
38%
36%
But numbers alone don’t begin to portray the kind of
transformation we’re talking about.
East Palo Alto
63%
RACE
But there’s something inside each of these young
people—a fire in the belly—that drives them to do
truly amazing things, and this makes the return on
investment more than worth it.
6
37%
Los Angeles
•
New Orleans
FIRST
TO COLLEGE
•
Colorado