With a focus on growing and strengthening
statewide College Promise programs, the organization announces
national convenings that will take place across the country with
its newly established National Leadership Council
WASHINGTON,
May 9,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the leading national,
non-partisan, non-profit initiative committed to making college,
postsecondary career-technical programs, and high-impact training
beyond high school universal, free, and accessible for students
throughout our nation, College Promise celebrates the 10th
anniversary of its launch with its first series of national
convenings in Phoenix, Arizona and
Boston, Massachusetts this
summer.
College Promise, in partnership with the
Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona
Forward, Helios Education Foundation, and Maricopa Community College District, will kick
off the first national convening at South
Mountain Community College on June
5-6, 2024. The second convening will take place in
Boston, MA, at the Mintz
Headquarters on August 13-15,
2024.
These convenings will provide policymakers,
philanthropists, and advocacy organizations with the technical
assistance and model practices to build, improve, and sustain state
and local College Promise Programs with leaders who are ready to
learn about and adopt best practices that improve program delivery
and quality to increase student opportunity, earning credentials of
value for success in career and in the rest of their lives.
College Promise leaders, researchers, program
staff, and partners will share successful policies and practices
with the regional communities with the following goals:
- Improving affordability through public/private and state/local
partnerships.
- Using wraparound supports and multi-generational strategies to
help students and their families harness their potential for
college and career success.
- Using workforce development, advising, apprenticeships, career
acceleration, and dual enrollment strategies to expand educational
and economic opportunities.
For ten years, College Promise has dedicated
itself to making tuition-free, post-secondary education a reality
for millions of students. In the past decade, the initiative has
built a national College Promise community, supported the growth of
local and statewide programs, and revolutionized the Promise
Program database by releasing MyPromise Tool, the first
student-centric, comprehensive, searchable database of Promise
programs in every state. College Promise is currently tracking over
440 Promise programs serving students and their families across all
50 states. This September, in recognition of 10 years of expanding
student access, achievement, and support, College Promise will
celebrate its anniversary in Washington, DC.
College Promise recognizes and thanks its
founding advisory committee members, its national partners, and its
philanthropies and donors, with special appreciation to the
Ascendium Education Group, Carnegie Corporation of New York, ECMC Foundation, Lumina Foundation,
and The Kresge Foundation for supporting this work.
About College Promise:
College
Promise is a national, non-partisan, non-profit initiative
that builds broad public support for tuition-free postsecondary
education for hard-working students and ensures those students have
access to quality educational opportunities and support for their
success. College Promise programs aim to improve affordability,
economic and social mobility, equity, and inclusion while striving
to reduce student debt in order to build a sustainable talent
pipeline of Americans for the future. Visit www.collegepromise.org
or follow @College_Promise on X or LinkedIn.
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