COMMITMENTS TO ACTION ON COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY The Executive Office of the President January 2014 1 LIST OF COMMITMENTS As part of the Administration’s efforts to increase college opportunity, the President and First Lady made a call to action, asking colleges and universities, nonprofits, foundations, businesses, state officials and other leaders to make new commitments to increase college opportunity. In response, the White House received the following commitments, as reported and described by respondents. The list includes both participants in the January 16th event as well as institutions and organizations who were unable to attend. Colleges, Universities and State Systems .................................................................................................................................8 Allegheny College (Meadville, PA) ................................................................................................................................ 8 Alma College (Alma, MI) ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Amherst College (Amherst, MA) .................................................................................................................................... 8 Arkansas .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Augsburg College (Minneapolis, MN) ......................................................................................................................... 10 Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)............................................................................................................................ 10 Barnard College (New York, NY) ................................................................................................................................ 10 Bates College (Lewiston, ME) ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Bowdoin College (St, Brunswick, ME) ........................................................................................................................ 12 Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) ............................................................................................................................ 12 Brown University (Providence, RI) .............................................................................................................................. 12 Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA) ......................................................................................................................... 13 Bunker Hill Community College (Boston, MA) ........................................................................................................... 13 California Community Colleges ................................................................................................................................... 14 California State University System ............................................................................................................................... 15 Carnegie Mellon University, (Pittsburgh, PA) .............................................................................................................. 15 Centre College (Danville, KY) ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (Cheyney, PA) ................................................................................................... 16 Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA) ............................................................................................................ 16 College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) ................................................................................................................ 17 Colorado ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Colorado Community College System.......................................................................................................................... 18 Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, NY) ................................................................................. 18 Community College of Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD) ........................................................................................ 19 Connecticut ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Cuyahoga Community College (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) .......................................................................................... 19 2 Davidson College (Davidson, NC) ............................................................................................................................... 20 Delaware ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 District of Columbia...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Drake University (Des Moines, IA) .............................................................................................................................. 21 El Paso Community College (El Paso, TX) .................................................................................................................. 21 Florida International University (Miami, FL) ............................................................................................................... 22 Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) .............................................................................................................. 22 Georgetown University (Washington, DC) ................................................................................................................... 23 George Washington University (Washington, DC) ...................................................................................................... 23 Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) ............................................................................................................ 24 Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) ........................................................................................................................ 24 Goucher College (Baltimore, MD) ............................................................................................................................... 24 Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) ................................................................................................................................... 25 Harper College (Palatine, IL) ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Harvard College (Cambridge, MA) .............................................................................................................................. 25 Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) ....................................................................................................................... 26 Hawai‘i .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Hiram College (Hiram, OH) ......................................................................................................................................... 26 Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY) ...................................................................................................... 27 Howard University (Washington, D.C.) ....................................................................................................................... 27 Idaho ............................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Illinois ........................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Illinois Community College Board ............................................................................................................................... 28 Indiana ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Iowa State University, (Ames, IA) ................................................................................................................................ 29 Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI) .......................................................................................................................... 30 Kansas Board of Regents .............................................................................................................................................. 30 Kentucky ......................................................................................................................................................................