COMMITMENTS TO ACTION ON COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY: PROGRESS REPORT Executive Office of the President April 2016 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 9 55,000 Degrees ............................................................................................................................. 11 ACCESS College Foundation ....................................................................................................... 12 Achieving the Dream .................................................................................................................... 14 Achieving the Dream (ATD) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) ......................................................... 15 Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) ................................................................... 16 Alma College ................................................................................................................................ 18 Alvord Unified School District (AUSD) ...................................................................................... 19 Amarillo College ........................................................................................................................... 23 American Public University System (APUS) ............................................................................... 24 American School Counselor Association (ASCA) ....................................................................... 24 Aspen Institute .............................................................................................................................. 25 Bard High School Early Colleges ................................................................................................. 26 Bay Path University ...................................................................................................................... 26 Berea College ................................................................................................................................ 28 Berea College Partnership............................................................................................................. 31 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri ............................................................................... 32 Bottom Line .................................................................................................................................. 36 Breakthrough New York ............................................................................................................... 38 Bryn Mawr College....................................................................................................................... 39 Bunker Hill Community College .................................................................................................. 41 C2C Network ................................................................................................................................ 45 California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) ...................................................................... 46 California State University ........................................................................................................... 47 California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) .......................................................................... 47 California State University, Long Beach ...................................................................................... 51 California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), and Long Beach City College (LBCC) ....................................................................... 52 California State University, Los Angeles ..................................................................................... 54 California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) .................................................................. 55 California State University Northridge ......................................................................................... 56 2 California State University, San Bernardino ................................................................................ 57 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching .............................................................. 58 Center for Companies That Care .................................................................................................. 59 Center for Companies That Care .................................................................................................. 61 Central Michigan University ......................................................................................................... 62 City University of New York (CUNY) ......................................................................................... 64 College Advising Corps (CAC) .................................................................................................... 65 College Board ............................................................................................................................... 68 College Greenlight ........................................................................................................................ 71 College of the Ouachitas ............................................................................................................... 72 College Possible ............................................................................................................................ 75 College Track ................................................................................................................................ 77 CollegeBound and the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) ............................... 80 CollegeSpring ............................................................................................................................... 81 Colorado Community College System (CCCS) ........................................................................... 83 The Common Application............................................................................................................. 84 Community College of Allegheny County ................................................................................... 86 Connecticut College of Technology’s Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (COT-RCNGM) ............................................................................................................................ 87 Cornell University ......................................................................................................................... 89 Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) ............................................................................... 90 Davidson County Community College ......................................................................................... 94 Denver Public Schools (DPS) ....................................................................................................... 95 Dominican University of California ............................................................................................. 97 Double Umoja Student Development Corporation ....................................................................... 98 Evanston Scholar .......................................................................................................................... 99 Excellent Schools Detroit ........................................................................................................... 100 Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) ........................................................................... 102 Florida A&M University............................................................................................................. 102 Florida College Access Network (FCAN) .................................................................................. 103 Florida International University .................................................................................................. 104 Florida International University, Booker T. Washington High School (BTW) and the Lennar Foundation .................................................................................................................................. 105 3 Foothill College .......................................................................................................................... 108 Franklin & Marshall College ...................................................................................................... 109 George Washington University................................................................................................... 110 Georgia Gwinnett College .......................................................................................................... 113 Georgia School Counselor Association ...................................................................................... 113 Georgia State University ............................................................................................................. 114 Governors State University ......................................................................................................... 115 Grand Canyon University (GCU) ............................................................................................... 118 Harper