College Success Scholarship Push The entire College Success team is hard at work calling, texting, emailing, social media messaging, and scheduling in-person meetings with all 10,000 Degrees scholarship students to ensure they receive their Fall 2018 checks. Students must also confirm their current enrollment status….
How about changing the world with just a few clicks! This year, on Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2018, become a 10,000 Degrees CHANGEMAKER and help local students from low-income backgrounds make their college dreams come true through our new Monthly Giving plan! YOU choose how much you want to…
A new study from the National Center for Education Statistics suggests that high school students and their parents do not have a clear idea of what tuition costs are to enroll in a public four-year institution in their home state. One of the major challenges…
Why give monthly? Because reliable monthly donations help us provide consistent year-round one-on-one student support! Help make even MORE college dreams come true! Sign up RIGHT NOW or on Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Either way, make a difference that endures!
The inaugural San Francisco Changemakers Dinner was an inspiring event! What a wonderful opportunity to connect with Meritus and 10,000 Degrees friends and partners past, current ,and future. Nearly 200 donors, supporters, and students were on hand at the San Francisco War Memorial’s Green Room…
Financial Aid Push in Full Swing! 10,000 Degrees student support staff have been eagerly preparing for the start of the college financial aid season, which opened on October 1, 2018. Right now, 10,000 Degrees students throughout the North Bay are busy making sure they successfully…
It seems today’s students are borrowing more in loans, while most colleges and universities are raising tuition and fees. For the most part, that’s all too true. According to U.S. News College Compass, featuring data compiled by U.S. News & World Report, college graduates from…
Okay, first the bad news… Just in time for the 2019-20 application period for FAFSA (free application for federal student aid), the National College Access Network (NCAN) has released some compelling data: for the third year in a row, students living in more impoverished school…
“Super” Support for Marin Students In partnership with Marin Promise, 10,000 Degrees hosted a meeting of all Marin County high school superintendents to discuss advancing a policy to match high school graduation requirements with CSU entrance requirements (commonly referred to as “A through G” requirements)….
What exactly is “Summer Bridge” at College of Marin? It’s an exciting and successful partnership between COM and 10,000 Degrees that helps students transition from high school to college. This year, 125 students participated in this vital three-week program geared specifically to support Math, English,…