Posts By: Amanda Ufheil-Somers
Hear My Voice: Strengthening the College Pipeline for Young Men of Color (2017)
Young men of color face unique barriers to college access and completion. These students—who account for one third of California’s public school population—are disproportionately low-income and attending under-resourced schools. On top of these social and economic challenges, young men of color face negative Read more >
DACA News: We Stand Behind Opportunity and Privacy for Dreamers
The Trump administration has announced that it will reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy and indicated that it is up to Congress to replace the program. College Futures Foundation strongly disagrees with the decision to roll back this just, principled, and Read more >
Many L.A. Students Get to College; Only a Few Finish – Los Angeles Times
By Howard Blume A study released Wednesday put an exclamation point on something that Los Angeles Unified School District officials already have acknowledged: too few of their graduates—about one in four—are earning a college degree. The latest data points from two studies, by UCLA and Claremont Graduate University researchers, Read more >
UCLA-Claremont Study Tracks College Enrollment Rate of LAUSD Graduates – UCLA Newsroom
By George Foulsham In the first comprehensive analysis of college enrollment of Los Angeles Unified School District graduates, UCLA and Claremont Graduate University researchers found that 70 percent of high school graduates enrolled in either two- or four-year colleges, but only 25 percent Read more >
LAUSD High School Counselors Say They Don’t Have Enough Time to Help Students With College Application Process – LA School Report
By Sarah Favot Counselors at LA Unified high schools say they have enough information to give students about applying for college and financial aid, but what they don’t have is enough time to help students through these processes, according to a new study Read more >
What Makes a Partnership Work? (2017)
Partnerships between institutions from different education segments represent a promising strategy to establish education pathways extending from kindergarten to bachelor’s degree achievement. Effective collaboration provides opportunities for schools, colleges, and universities to extend their resources, develop more effective organizational strategies, and strengthen students’ Read more >
1 in 4 LAUSD Graduates Head to Four-Year College, Data Show – LA School Report
By Sarah Favot About 1 in 4 LA Unified graduates in the Class of 2016 enrolled in a four-year college or university, lagging behind the national average, according to an analysis of data on college enrollment for the district. Twenty-seven percent of LAUSD Read more >
Why We Must Help Inland Empire Students Escape Poverty – Redlands Daily Facts
By Cheryl Brown Last week, I participated in a convening, sponsored by the College Futures Foundation under the leadership of Julia I. Lopez, titled “Toward a Shared Vision: Increasing Bachelor Degree Attainment in the Inland Empire.” Dozens of leaders from across the region Read more >
Stanislaus Community Foundation Awards Largest Amount of Scholarships in Organization’s History – Turlock Journal
Thanks to the generous contributions of scholarship donors and a grant from College Futures Foundation, 175 local students will receive scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year totaling $229,500. That’s more than double the amount of scholarship dollars distributed by Stanislaus Community Foundation in 2016. Read more >
Helping Students Cross the Finish Line: Partnering Regionally and Across Systems to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion (2017)
Education is similar to a relay race in at least one way: Supporting students’ pursuit of a bachelor’s degree requires the combined and coordinated efforts of multiple institutions along the way. In order to help students cross the finish line, we have to get the Read more >