Leveraging Partnerships in Assisting LowIncome Youth on the Successful Pathway to College

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Leveraging Partnerships in Assisting Low-Income
Youth on the Successful Pathway to College
National Council for Community and Education
Partnerships (NCCEP) and GEAR UP June 6,
2006NCHELP
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Passing out Pens
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Income, Enrollment and Degree Attainment
Percent of 1988 8th Graders Completing Each Stage
(2000)
High Income (75,000 or more)
Low Income(Less than 25,000)
-2GED
-17GED
Note Data represents survey responses in 2000
from the cohort of 1988 8th graders income
levels are in 1988 dollars High school
completion rates include GED recipients.Source
NCES National Education Longitudinal Study,
1988/2000 Parthenon analysis
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About NCCEP

• Founded by the Ford and Kellogg Foundations to
  improve public education, increase student
  achievement, and expand access to higher
  education for low-income families
• Develop and strengthen broad-based k-16
  partnerships to meet objectives
• Colleges/universities, K-12 schools, parent
  groups, businesses, government agencies,
  foundations, CBOs

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About NCCEP

• NCCEP provides technical and financial support
  through services and program such as
• advocacy
• partnership building
• consultative advice
• training, technical assistance
• national and regional convenings
• NCCEP assumes a leadership role in lobbying and
  leveraging financial resources for college access
  programs such as GEAR UP (303.4 M), ENLACE (30
  M), and the ATT/NCCEP Grant (5 M)
• Work with a number of national programs the
  largest being the GEAR UP Program

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Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs

• Innovative community / education partnership
  created by Congress to help low-income students
  gain greater access to college
• 303.4 million in FY 2006 serving 1.48 million
  students
• Incorporates match requirement
• Cohort based approach starting no later than 7th
  grade
• State and local grantees
• 47 states, DC, territories (excludes NH, ND, ID)
• 245 Grantees 36 state grantees, 209 local
  partnerships
• Embodies philosophy nobody left behind, nobody
  standing by

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2004-2005 Racial and Ethnic Composition of
Students Served by the GEAR UP Program
White 28
African American 38
Asian 2
Native American/Hawaiian 3
Hispanic 30
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A Comprehensive PostsecondaryAccess Framework
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Uniqueness of GEAR UP

• GEAR UP provides students with a unique
  combination of academic and social services
• GEAR UP is an education partnership model that is
  explicitly based on the coordination of programs,
  alignment of goals, and leveraging of assets
• GEAR UP is a vehicle for community-based
  education reform, with the intent of bringing
  about systemic change

Short-Term Investment
Long-Term Investment
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Leveraging Resources by Linking Policy to Practice

• Resource Alignment
• Builds on Effective Programs
• Scalability and Scope

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Nonaligned Program Implementation
Education Initiatives
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Aligning Resources through an Education
Investment Fund Strategy
In an aligned education system ...
improvement efforts are integrated and
results-oriented
Federal State Local Business Community Based
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Building on Effective Programs
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Answering the Education Scaling Challenge
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Linking Policy to Practice
Effective Program Implementation Vehicles (GEAR
UP)

• Increased
• Student Achievement
• School/Educator Competency
• Post-Secondary Enrollment Completion Rates
• Workforce Preparation

College Access Policy Objectives