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Mission

Mission . College Access College Completion Targets Low Income Students . Partnership . Frost Bank . College Forward . Promotes Education Encourages an educated workforce Focuses on bettering the community . Promotes Education Encourages an educated workforce

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Mission

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  1. Mission • College Access • College Completion • Targets Low Income Students

  2. Partnership Frost Bank College Forward • Promotes Education • Encourages an educated workforce • Focuses on bettering the community • Promotes Education • Encourages an educated workforce • Focuses on bettering the community

  3. Topics of Discussion • Operations of College Forward Program • Low Income Students • Need of Program • Distribution of Endowment

  4. Operations of Program • Main Offices • Manor, TX • Houston, TX • College Preparatory Classes • Central Texas High Schools • Greater Houston Area High Schools • College Completion Programs • Collegian Mentor Universities

  5. Program Mentors • Recent College Graduates • AmeriCorps Members • Federal Agency • Corporation for National & Community Service • Training Program • On Demand Support

  6. Students College Access Program College Completion Program • Low Income • Motivated • First Generation • Juniors • Top 60% • National School Lunch Program • Available to College Access Program Participants • Attendee of Collegian Mentor Campus

  7. Comparison Low Income Middle and High Income • 9% persist to Bachelor’s Degree • 77% persist to Bachelor’s Degree Social Impact Exchange.org

  8. Postsecondary Education Opportunity 2010

  9. TG Research and Analytical Services

  10. Financial Costs Social Impact Exchange.org

  11. Programs and Benefits of Donation

  12. A High School Curriculum of Academic Intensity Boosts College Success for Disadvantaged Students TG Research and Analytical Services

  13. Innovation College Forward Comments

  14. Help Pave Paths to Success • Vanessa, College Forward Coach • Helps students “realize that rejection isn’t necessarily a barrier” to future success. • Eiliana, College Forward Graduate, First Generation • “College Forward really did help me. Having people there with you, going through the process, really helps you, because they have experience with it already.” • Nick, College Forward Student • “College Forward classes really helped with time management,” Collegeforward.org

  15. Help Pave Paths to Success • Chris, College Forward Student • Attended four day tour of colleges • “We got an awesome idea about different kinds of colleges…College Forward has made the prospect of going to college more real…I’ve always had… a desire to be scholarly. I see now that college is more attainable. I’m for sure going. It’s in my grasp now.” • Vanessa, College Forward Student • “I never really considered art as something I could do [in school]…but my Coach, Emily, really got me thinking about art, thinking that I could do something like that.” Collegeforward.org

  16. Community Service Mayor Recognizes AmeriCorps Mentors Helping at Community Garden Habitat for Humanity Food Drive College Forward Houston BlogSpot

  17. Questions? • College Forward Houston BlogSpot

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