Dear Friends,
Thanks to a strong community of friends like you, there are now 225 CV college grads, and we’ll surpass 300 in the next 18 months! Together, we’ve built an outstanding track record of student success: 97% of CV students enroll in college and 65% graduate within 6 years, nearly all with bachelor’s degrees. This is truly extraordinary. Nationally only 21% of low-income, first-gen students who enroll in college earn a bachelor’s degree within 6 years.
Perhaps just as important, CV has accomplished this in alignment with our shared values. We always demand that students think critically and work hard. That’s an absolute. But we don’t ask students to pull up their sagging pants. We affirm students’ cultural identities, and encourage them to author their own definitions of success as they pursue a degree.
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DONOR PROFILE WITH JORI KETTEN
“Good learning environments teach you how to think critically – how to question, how to seek understanding, how to look at something from multiple perspectives, how to put things in context. Look at the political and social challenges we are facing right now and how many of them can be connected to lack of education. Education is important to individuals and to communities.”
Jori is a woman of many talents. She is the Assistant Director of Academic Programs with a focus on engaged scholarship at the Sweater Center for Public Service at Brown University, runs the community arts space 186 Carpenter, teaches at the RISD Museum, plays bass drum, and is a board member at Community MusicWorks! Read her interview below!
11th GRADERS, APPLY TO JOIN COLLEGE VISIONS!
College Visions is a FREE program that provides low-income and first-generation students with one-on-one advising and resources to get in, succeed, and graduate from college. Beginning the summer before senior year of high school, students are assigned their own CV advisor and work on college essays, resumes, scholarships, the financial aid process, and more. CV students participate in weekly meetings with their advisor, attend college visits, receive SAT fee waivers, and engage in workshops focused on the college process. Once admitted into college, our students receive support throughout their college career until they graduate.
Eligibility Requirements:
*11th grader from a public high school in Rhode Island
*Qualify for free or reduced lunch at school
*Parents/guardians have not earned a Bachelor’s degree from the U.S.
*NOT participating in another college support program (College Crusade, ETS, Upward Bound) or attend the MET
Click the link below to apply online:
www.bit.ly/cvapp2017
Questions? Contact us at 401.490.3996 or email Emily at egonzalez@collegevisions.org
Do you want to print a copy of the application for yourself or for 11th graders you know? Call or email us and we can send you the application as a .doc or .pdf
FREE COLLEGE TUITION FOR RHODE ISLAND!? SOME ANALYSIS FROM CV
Did you hear about Governor Raimondo’s free college proposal? The RI Promise Scholarship, allocates $30 million in new funding to provide 2-years of free tuition for RI students at state public institutions. It’s a proposal we should all stand behind. We should also all demand an improved, equity-minded version that prioritizes low-income students. Here are a few quick takes:
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MEET CV 12TH GRADER MICAELA
Do you need some good news? Meet Micaela! She entered College Visions in the summer of 2015 with the dream of going to college, and with a need to access the knowledge and resources to get there. With support from her CV advisor, Francesca, Micaela is now going through the college application process and has a new outlook on her future because of the opportunities you help provide.
I feel very thankful for being part of College Visions! My concern was that I would not be able to attend college because of personal hardships. Being at College Visions has proved to me that I have a chance, and that there are people like me out there who have gotten very far! Not only does CV prepare you for interviews, they help you with supplemental essays, and ESPECIALLY with financial aid!! The help I receive boosted my confidence in getting accepted to schools.
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