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Grantee Spotlights

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10/22/2024

Strong Pathways for Skills Builders: WestEd and the University of Michigan’s Endeavor to Help Colleges Understand Wage Gains from Short-Term Upskilling and Reskilling
9/25/2024

Addressing the Big Question: How Can Community Colleges Help More Single Mothers Attain Degrees?
8/19/2024

Building a Bridge to Better Futures: One Organization’s Work to Empower More Students to Achieve the American Promise
6/17/2024

Partnerships for Progress: How One Organization Seeks to Optimize Basic Needs Support through Public and Academic Library Collaboration
3/22/2023

Amidst a Tumultuous Climate, Don’t Leave Women Founders Behind
2/24/2022

Video Spotlight: Onramp
1/1/2021

Provider Pool Makes the “Future of Work” Work for Nurses
11/16/2020

Video Spotlight: Investing in Single Mother Student Success
8/21/2020

28 Institutions Unite to Close Equity Gap in Degree Completion in Greater Chicago
8/18/2020

Video Spotlight: Rapid Response Small Grants Help Partners Serve Students during COVID-19
8/18/2020

Video Spotlight: EdTech Center @ World Education and Cell-Ed Pivot During COVID-19
7/30/2020

Creating Career Pathways in One of Colorado’s Fastest-Growing Sectors
6/22/2020

How to Motivate Students to Think about their Future Career Path During a Pandemic
6/9/2020

Pivot to Success Program Opens Career Pathways for Young Adults in Chicago
4/24/2020

Grantee Video Spotlight: Just-A-Start Corporation
4/24/2020

Grantee Video Spotlight: University Innovation Alliance
4/14/2020

The Scholar With an Agenda for Racial Equity
2/20/2020

Grantee Spotlight: Altierus Career College Campuses Join Forces to Integrate Professional Skills into Curriculum
2/14/2020

Combining the Power of Community and Technology to Help Students Succeed
1/30/2020

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles Collaborates to Expand Its Successful College Transition Program to Five States
12/19/2019

Grantee Video Spotlight: The Opportunity Institute
9/25/2019

IHEP's Julie Ajinkya Expands Research on Degree Reclamation for Adult Learners
8/14/2019

Rent-Free Student Housing in Florida Help Postsecondary Students Succeed
8/14/2019

What’s Working and Why? Candace Hester Expands Research on Long-Term Efficacy of Career Programs
6/10/2019

Grantee Video Spotlight: MDRC
5/29/2019

Why College Student Mental Health Can No Longer Be Sidelined
5/22/2019

Two Leaders, One Mission: Closing Equity Gaps in Latino Student Success
5/3/2019

Grantee Video Spotlight: Excelencia in Education
4/18/2019

Activating Change in California: Michele Siqueiros Leads the Charge for Improved College Success
3/13/2019

Documentary Sparks Conversation Across the Country about the Role of Community College
3/12/2019

Expanding the Successful Momentum Pathways Model into Three New Metro Areas
3/7/2019

Nonprofit Tech Startup Validates Model with Goal of Replicating Coding Program at More Correctional Facilities
3/7/2019

On a Mission to Create Paths Out of Poverty for Single Mothers
2/28/2019

Gina Plata Finds Joy Improving Career Mobility for Underemployed Boston Residents
2/5/2019

Grantee Video Spotlight: College Crusade Rhode Island
12/11/2018

One Entrepreneur's Mission to Advance Social Impact Through Program-Related Investments
11/26/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: The Campaign for College Opportunity
11/19/2018

Seeds of Change: Beyond 12 Founder Goes from Struggling Student to Education Activist
10/30/2018

College Students Struggle to Meet Basic Needs Across the U.S.
10/25/2018

When Passion and Curiosity Connect: Barbara Gault's Mission to Help Women Rise Out of Poverty through Education
10/24/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: Aspen Institute
9/10/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: Institute for Women's Policy Research
8/24/2018

The Provost Behind Altierus Career Colleges' Academic and Classroom Transformation
8/7/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: Black Male Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles
7/31/2018

Meet the Investor Who's Made a Difference in Vulnerable Communities Across the Globe.
6/26/2018

Ten Colleges and Universities Will Collaborate to Address Equity and Achievement Gaps
6/26/2018

Three Campuses Kick Off Collaborative Efforts This Summer to Improve Black Male Persistence Rates
6/26/2018

Four West Coast Colleges Will Work Together To Improve First-Year Retention
6/26/2018

Three Urban Colleges Work Together to Lower Student Debt and Enhance Career Readiness for Graduates
6/22/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
6/8/2018

College Degree Presents a Pathway from Poverty to Prosperity for Single Mom and Her Family
5/29/2018

Grantee Video Spotlight: College Possible
4/23/2018

Voices: Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence
3/28/2018

Meet Achieving the Dream's Trailblazer and Visionary Leader: Karen Stout
3/22/2018

Boston-Based Organization Helps Jamal Grant To and Through College
2/27/2018

Dream 2018 Brings Leaders Across the Country to Improve and Strengthen Community College
2/25/2018

More Alaskan Natives Enter STEM Careers Pathways Thanks to ANSEP
2/16/2018

More Black Students Persist and Earn their Degree at UCLA with Help from the Black Male Institute
1/23/2018

Preparing Workers for Emerging Careers in Kentucky's Post-Coal World
1/18/2018

Bay Area Student Unlocks Her American Dream
12/12/2017

From Innovation to Proven Practice to Expansion
12/12/2017

Two Unlikely Forces — Hollywood and Philanthropy — Partner During the Holidays To Improve Educational Outcomes and Reduce Recidivism
12/12/2017

Albert Corona Credits Anti-Recidivism Coalition Pilot Apprenticeship Program For His Success
12/12/2017

Pilot Proves Successful, Leads to Expansion and Funding from LA County
11/21/2017

Mentors Helped California State University Fullerton President Achieve the American Dream; Now She's Giving Back
8/28/2017

Summer Roadtrip Helps Students Discover the Value of Community College
8/22/2017

Student Leaves 4-Year University Due to Illness, Finds a Second Chance to Pursue Career Dreams at Her Local Community College
8/15/2017

San Francisco Student, Who Switched College Majors Three Times, Turns to Roadtrip Nation to Find His True Career Interests
8/8/2017

Brooklyn Native, Aspiring Activist Wants to Empower Youth in Her Community
7/20/2017

Tips on How Students Can Use Summer to Plan for College
6/22/2017

Women at Ohio Correctional Facility Get a Second Chance with Culinary Training Program
5/24/2017

Franz Chee, First-Generation College Student, Goes to College with Support from Bright Prospect
4/10/2017

One Million Degrees Helps Low-Income Community College Students in Chicago Succeed
1/31/2017

MENTORING MATTERS: Experienced Community College Leaders Help Groom Next Generation of Presidents
1/24/2017

MENTORING MATTERS: Kate, Mentor and Trusted Friend, Helps Lorneesha Apply to College
1/24/2017

Kate, Mentor and Trusted Friend, Helps Lorneesha Apply to College
1/17/2017

MENTORING MATTERS: Newburgh Superintendent Fights to Bring Equity and Deeper Learning into Classrooms—With Help from Mentors, Coaches and Others
12/16/2016

More Students from Underserved High Schools Go to College with Help from CAC Advisors