COMMITMENTS TO ACTION ON COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY

COMMITMENTS TO ACTION ON COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY

The Executive Office of the President

December 2014

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LIST OF COMMITMENTS

Building on the Administration's efforts to increase college opportunity, the President and First Lady hosted a second College Opportunity Day of Action, asking colleges and universities and other higher education leaders to make new commitments to increase college opportunity. In response, institutions and organizations made the following commitments, as reported and described by respondents. The list includes both participants in the December 4th event as well as institutions and organizations who were unable to attend.

Completion Commitments .................................................................................................................................... 10

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); American Association of States Colleges and Universities (AASCU); Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU)....................................................................................10 Asian American & Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution Consortium ...................................................10 Aspen Prize 2020 Completion Collective ...............................................................................................................................11 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence ...................................................................................................................12 The Associated Colleges of the South.....................................................................................................................................13 Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities (AFCU) .............................................................................................14 Bay Path University (Longmeadow, MA)..............................................................................................................................15 California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) (Long Beach, CA) ...............................................................................16 California State University System ........................................................................................................................................17 Center for Companies That Care ...........................................................................................................................................18 City University of New York (CUNY) (New York, NY).......................................................................................................18 Colorado Community College System (CCCS).....................................................................................................................19 Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburg, PA)...................................................................................................20 Community College of Baltimore County..............................................................................................................................20 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)..............................................................................................................................................21 Davidson County Community College...................................................................................................................................21 Eastern Gateway Community College (Steubenville, OH)...................................................................................................22 The Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities ........................................................................................22 Governors State University (University Park, IL) ................................................................................................................24 Harper College (Palatine, IL) .................................................................................................................................................24 Hispanic Serving Institutes Collaborative .............................................................................................................................25 Historically Black Colleges and Universities .........................................................................................................................26 ideas42.......................................................................................................................................................................................27 Illinois Community College Board .........................................................................................................................................27 Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)...........................................................................................................................28 Iowa State University (Ames, IA) ...........................................................................................................................................29 Jobs for the Future (JFF) ........................................................................................................................................................30 Kresge Foundation...................................................................................................................................................................30 LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), Maricopa Community College, and Valencia College ...................................31

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Louisiana's Community and Technical Colleges ..................................................................................................................32 Loyola University Chicago and Arrupe College ...................................................................................................................32 Lumina Foundation .................................................................................................................................................................33 The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation ...............................................................................................................................34 Minnesota Tribal College Consortium...................................................................................................................................35 Minority Serving Institution Community College Completion Collaborative (MSI C4) ..................................................36 National Association of System Heads (NASH).....................................................................................................................37 Newark City of Learning Collaborative ................................................................................................................................37 OneGoal ....................................................................................................................................................................................38 Palo Alto University (PAU) Collaboration (Palo Alto, CA) .................................................................................................39 Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)..................................................................................................................................40 Patrick Henry Community College (Martinsville, VA)........................................................................................................40 Philadelphia Higher Education Collaborative (Philadelphia, PA) ......................................................................................41 The Posse Foundation..............................................................................................................................................................42 St. Francis College (New York, NY).......................................................................................................................................42 Scholarship America................................................................................................................................................................43 Single Stop ................................................................................................................................................................................44 Smith College............................................................................................................................................................................45 Starfish Retention Solutions....................................................................................................................................................46 Texas Association of Community Colleges ............................................................................................................................46 Udacity ......................................................................................................................................................................................47 UNCF (United Negro College Fund) ......................................................................................................................................47 University of Hawai`i System..................................................................................................................................................48 University Innovation Alliance ...............................................................................................................................................49 Wallace State Community College (Hanceville, AL) ............................................................................................................50 Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) ....................................................................................................................................50 Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, UT)............................................................................................................51 Yale University .........................................................................................................................................................................52 Yes We Must Coalition............................................................................................................................................................52

K-16 Partnership Commitments ........................................................................................................................... 53

55,000 Degrees (Louisville, KY)..............................................................................................................................................53 The Albany Promise (Albany, NY).........................................................................................................................................53 Amarillo No Limits/No Excuses (Amarillo, TX) ...................................................................................................................54 Achieve Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)................................................................................................................................................55 Baltimore County Collegiate Alliance Program (Baltimore County, MD).........................................................................56 Berea College Partnership (Berea, KY) .................................................................................................................................56 Camden City College Access Network (Camden, NJ) ..........................................................................................................57 Clark University K-16 Partnership (Worcester, MA) ..........................................................................................................58 Denver Collaborative (Denver, CO).......................................................................................................................................59

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Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville, FL) ..................................................................................................................60 First Step to College-Lowell: A Collaboration for College Readiness of JFYNetWorks, Middlesex Community College, and Lowell High School (Lowell, MA) ....................................................................................................................60 Greater Phoenix Collective Impact Network ........................................................................................................................61 Hillsboro School District College and Career Pathways (Hillsboro, OR)...........................................................................62 Idaho PTECH Network...........................................................................................................................................................63 Iowa College Aid: College Changes Everything....................................................................................................................64 Jackson County Cradle to Career Network (Jackson, MI)..................................................................................................64 KIPP ..........................................................................................................................................................................................65 Learn to Earn Dayton (Dayton, OH) .....................................................................................................................................66 Long Beach College Promise (Long Beach, CA) ...................................................................................................................67 Lynchburg Beacon of Hope (Lynchburg, VA) ......................................................................................................................67 Missouri Innovation Campus and the Education and Workforce Partnership (Kansas City, MO) ................................68 Montana State University System ..........................................................................................................................................69 Northern Illinois University and the Regional P-20 Network (DeKalb, IL) .......................................................................70 Providence, Rhode Island Partnership (Providence, RI) .....................................................................................................71 Rio Grande Valley FOCUS .....................................................................................................................................................71 Riverside County Education Collaborative ...........................................................................................................................72 Say Yes to Education, Buffalo (Buffalo, NY).........................................................................................................................73 Seeding Success Collaborative Action Network (Memphis, TN) .........................................................................................74 Seminole State College ?Seminole County Public Schools (Sanford, FL)...........................................................................75 SKY Partnership (Hedwig Village, TX).................................................................................................................................76 Spartanburg Academic Movement (Spartanburg, SC) ........................................................................................................77 StriveTogether .......................................................................................................................................................................... 77 Trinity Washington University (Washington, DC) ...............................................................................................................78 University of Chicago Urban Education Institute Success Project (Chicago, IL)..............................................................79 Yale University (New Haven, CT) ..........................................................................................................................................80

STEM Commitments ............................................................................................................................................ 81

Achieving the Dream ...............................................................................................................................................................81 Achieving the Dream and Jobs for the Future ......................................................................................................................81 Alma College (Alma, MI) ........................................................................................................................................................82 American Association of Physics Teachers............................................................................................................................83 American Public University System.......................................................................................................................................83 Association of American Colleges and Universities ..............................................................................................................84 Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) ...........................................................................................................................84 Barry University (Miami, FL).................................................................................................................................................85 Belhaven University (Jackson, MS)........................................................................................................................................85 Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA).............................................................................................................................................86 Broward College (Davie, FL) ..................................................................................................................................................86 Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)...................................................................................................................................87

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California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, CA)..........................................................................................88 California State University Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA) ..................................................................................................88 California State University San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA) ...................................................................................89 California State University, Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)................................................................................................90 California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) ................................................................................................90 California State University Monterey Bay (Seaside, CA) ....................................................................................................91 California State University Northridge (Northridge, CA) ...................................................................................................91 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, CA)........................................................................................92 California State University, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA) ..................................................................................93 Central Michigan University (Mt Pleasant, MI) ...................................................................................................................93 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (Cincinnati, OH) ..............................................................................94 College Greenlight ...................................................................................................................................................................95 Community College of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) ......................................................................................................95 Connecticut College of Technology ........................................................................................................................................96 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)..............................................................................................................................................96 Dallas County Community College District ..........................................................................................................................97 Dominican University of California (San Rafael, CA)..........................................................................................................98 Duke University (Durham, NC)..............................................................................................................................................98 Educate Texas ..........................................................................................................................................................................98 Flathead Valley Community College (Kalispell, MT)...........................................................................................................99 Florida International University (Miami, FL).......................................................................................................................99 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL) .................................................................................100 Foothill College (Los Altos Hills, CA) ..................................................................................................................................100 Framingham State University (Framingham, MA) ............................................................................................................101 George Washington University (Washington, DC).............................................................................................................101 Georgia Gwinnett College (Lawrenceville, GA)..................................................................................................................102 Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) ...............................................................................................................................103 Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) ............................................................................................................................103 Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY) ............................................................................................................104 Houston Community College (Houston, TX).......................................................................................................................104 IIT Boeing Scholars Academy (Chicago, IL).......................................................................................................................105 Iowa State University (Ames, IA) .........................................................................................................................................105 Irvine Valley College (Irvine, CA)........................................................................................................................................106 Keene State College (Keene, NH) .........................................................................................................................................106 Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA)......................................................................................................................................107 The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ...................................................................................................107 Make Schools Alliance...........................................................................................................................................................108 Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, VA) ................................................................................................................................108 Maryland State Department of Education ..........................................................................................................................109 Massachusetts Institute for Technology (Cambridge, MA) ...............................................................................................109

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