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How can MMSF Help Students Reach College Graduation?

  • MMSF’s success metric shifted from college acceptance (achieved 100% every year) to college graduation
    • Our goal is to set up our mentees for success - college acceptance, college graduation, career, next income class etc.

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  • For the past few months, MMSF and Inspire/Bain team have been exploring ways to achieve 100% college graduation. Two ways:

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Before College: helping students better select colleges to apply to with the right support

During college: partnering with other non-profits to provide financial and additional support to and through college graduation

List of college level organizations for low-income, high-achieving students

Curated list of schools

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True or False

False: Hoxby found that high-achieving, low-income students who applied for highly selective colleges were admitted and graduated at the same rates as their high-income peers with similar achievement.

Private schools are always more expensive than public schools.

False:(evidence on next slide)!

Top competitive schools are less expensive for low-income students than less competitive/non-selective schools.

Selected schools known for academic rigor are harder for low-income students to graduate from.

False: Chicago PS graduates (2010 study) with a 3.5 GPA who went to the least selective four-year colleges were half as likely to graduate as those who went to more selective colleges

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True: Highly competitive out-of-pocket costs for students at 20%ile of income (14k) are nearly half that of less competitive schools (26k)

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I can't go to a great school if I come from a less privileged background.

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Discuss 2 take-aways from this graph

Affordable

More Affordable

Most Affordable

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Based on secondary research, three key categories of drivers for college persistence and graduation

Source: White House Report, “Increasing College Opportunity for Low Income Students”

Academic support

  • Colleges with remediation classes and tutoring support encourages students to stay in school and succeed in the college academic environment
  • Programs with specific academic advisors who can provide guidance on navigating the college experience as a student

Financial support

  • Sizable financial aid packages with a high percent of support from grants and scholarships allows students to focus on academics over financial stability

Social emotional support

  • Having a support community (peers, mentors, counselors, advisors)
  • Programs supported by the college, of students that are navigating college allows for a sharing of experiences, mentoring and critical support network

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DRIVERS OF COLLEGE PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION

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Fly-In Programs

  • Rachel to speak to this

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Learn how to use the tool!

  • Break out into your CAFA group
  • Try a few different exercises
    • What schools have the largest student population?
    • Find out which schools have the most faculty per student
    • Find the schools with an acceptance rate between 20-30% AND has the highest underrepresented minority graduation rate
  • Make a plan with your mentors on how you will use this tool
  • Ask questions!

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