20 Members Also TG Public Benefit Grant Recipients(Washington, D.C.) July 2 - The National College Access Network (NCAN) is pleased to announce approval of a TG Public Benefit Grant for Supporting Best Practices in Student Success. The "Success Best Practices" project will grant funds to four NCAN members to develop best practices in working with low-income, underrepresented students through the pipeline of higher education until they complete a degree. NCAN also congratulates 20 of its members receiving TG Public Benefit Grants.
"NCAN appreciates this support from TG, not only for their direct support of NCAN's work to develop best practices in student success to be disseminated throughout the education community, but also for this very significant investment in college access and success initiatives across the country," said Kim Cook, Executive Director of NCAN.
The four, to be selected, NCAN members will receive planning grants to create, enhance or expand their persistence, retention and success programs. NCAN will provide technical assistance throughout the project, evaluate the projects, and develop an evaluation report that will be shared among the college access and success community. The evaluation work will be done in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy. More information about applying for this opportunity will be released later this summer.
"With only approximately 20 percent of low-income, underrepresented students in higher education completing a bachelor's degree within 6 years of starting school, NCAN and its members are working to increase their success rate," commented Dr. Tia McNair, NCAN Assistant Director and project manager for this program.
These programs are important in supporting the education continuum of students who received college access services throughout high school. The result of this project will be the development of four student success programs that will benefit the students currently being served by those programs and an evaluation report that will serve as a practitioner-focused, implementation roadmap for other college access programs that want to develop and strengthen their own student success programs.
"These grants reflect our continued commitment to support programs that promote and improve access to higher education, particularly for low-income students," said Sue McMillin, TG President and CEO. "By helping these programs succeed, we believe we are making a difference for the students and communities served by these programs."
For the 2010-2011 academic year, TG awarded $5.6 million in competitive grants to 50 institutions and nonprofit organizations to advance access to college, student retention, and educational research. This is the sixth consecutive year TG has awarded the competitive grants through its Public Benefit Grant Program, the company's philanthropic initiative. To learn about the Public Benefit Program, please visit
http://www.tgslc.org/publicbenefit/. The 20 NCAN member program grant recipients received over $2.1 million for projects outlined below.
NCAN Members Receiving TG Public Benefit Grants
National College Access Network Inc.; Washington, DC
Supporting Best Practices in Student Success; $184,925
10,000 Degrees (Formerly Marin Education Fund); San Rafael, CA
Organizational Capacity Building; $49,505
ACCESS; Boston, MA
High School Advising Program; $100,000
Admission Possible; St. Paul, MN
Organizational Capacity Building; $294.450
Bottom Line; Jamaica Plain, MA
College Access and College Success Programs; $100,000
College Bound; St. Louis, MO
Complete U Persistence Program; $93,500
College Crusade of Rhode Island; Providence, RI
RI Gear Up; $106,868
College Forward: Austin, TX
AmeriCorps for College Access and Success; $124,500
CollegeTracks; Bethesda, MD
College Access and Success Program; $150,000
Dynamy; Worcester, MA
Youth Academy; $65,000
Education is Freedom; Dallas, TX
College and Scholarship Application Support; $170,000
Franklin & Marshall College Keystone Advising Corps; Lancaster, PA
Planning for our Future: Expanding and Sustaining the National College Advising Corps, Keystone Region; $115,571
Fulfillment Fund; Los Angeles, CA
College Access & Success Model; $100,000
Graduate Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA
Organizational Capacity Building; $97,325
Houston A+ Challenge; Houston, TX
Preparing to Dream: Expanding College Access for Low-Income Students through Better Information,
Preparation, and Support; $90,000
On Point for College; Syracuse, NY
Organizational Capacity Building; $78,870
Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, The; St. Louis, MO
Bravo Grant Program; $75,000
Stark Education Partnership, Inc.; Canton, OH
Organizational Capacity Building; $24,795
University of Missouri: The Missouri College Advising Corps; Columbia, MO
Increasing College Access for Rural and Urban Missouri Students; $114,810
University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
Increasing College Access through Digital Technologies; $103,281
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About National College Access NetworkIncorporated in 1995 and headquartered in Washington, DC, the mission of the National College Access Network (NCAN) is to build, strengthen, and empower communities committed to college access and success so that all students, especially those under-represented in postsecondary education, can achieve their educational dreams. NCAN achieves this mission by serving as a convener for the access and success community, an advocate for public policy in support of student access and success, and a provider of member services and strategic assistance to communities seeking to create college access and success programs and networks.
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About TGTG is a public, nonprofit corporation that promotes educational success to help millions of students and families realize their college and career dreams. TG provides critical support to schools, students, and borrowers at every stage of the federal student aid process - from providing information on how to pay for a higher education including financial aid options, to facilitating successful loan repayment after graduation.