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{{toplink|url=http://collectivesuccess.org|name=collectivesuccess.org}} | {{toplink|url=http://collectivesuccess.org|name=collectivesuccess.org}}<blockquote>''No Student Should Have to Go Through College Alone''<blockquote> | ||
''Professionals paying it forward''<br><br>Our proposal is to build, nurture and sustain a community of professionals to support, mentor and empower college students from disadvantaged backgrounds (students from lower-income communities who may be the first generation in their families to attend college).<br><br>Our focus is to: | |||
*Design and implement a mentorship program tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | *Design and implement a mentorship program tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | ||
*Organize intercollegiate career development, networking, and Q&A events tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | *Organize intercollegiate career development, networking, and Q&A events tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | ||
*Support first-generation college student groups to form campus-based chapters and organize social events, so as to strengthen formal and informal social support networks on campus. | *Support first-generation college student groups to form campus-based chapters and organize social events, so as to strengthen formal and informal social support networks on campus. | ||
*Collaborate with corporations to invest in enhancing the diversity of the talent pipeline by organizing job recruiting activities focused on college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | *Collaborate with corporations to invest in enhancing the diversity of the talent pipeline by organizing job recruiting activities focused on college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | ||
==In The News== | ==In The News== | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 23 June 2020
No Student Should Have to Go Through College Alone
Professionals paying it forward
Our proposal is to build, nurture and sustain a community of professionals to support, mentor and empower college students from disadvantaged backgrounds (students from lower-income communities who may be the first generation in their families to attend college).
Our focus is to:
- Design and implement a mentorship program tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Organize intercollegiate career development, networking, and Q&A events tailored for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Support first-generation college student groups to form campus-based chapters and organize social events, so as to strengthen formal and informal social support networks on campus.
- Collaborate with corporations to invest in enhancing the diversity of the talent pipeline by organizing job recruiting activities focused on college students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
In The News
- COVID-19: Collective Success Network Provides Refurbished Laptops for Philadelphia Students, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, April 27, 2020.
- This nonprofit helps first generation, low income students connect with local Phila. professionals, Daily Pennsylvanian, May 18, 2017.