"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). Special...
Largest-Ever Incoming Fellows Class! As 10,000 Degrees continues to expand our programming to support even more students from low-income backgrounds throughout the Bay Area, we recently hired 10 new Fellows - our largest incoming class to date! Further proof our model is both successful and sustainable,...
Today is the opening day of the 10,000 Degrees 2018 Summer Intensive hosted at beautiful Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California. Experience life as an actual college student on campus...
Record Year for College Graduates! 10,000 Degrees is thrilled to announce another record graduation number for our amazing four-year college students! Our Class of 2018 features 168 college graduates from campuses throughout California and beyond, including Sonoma State, UC Davis, San Jose State, UC Berkeley, University...
Attending college full-time, rather than part-time, makes a huge difference in student progress through higher education, including whether or not students graduate. This is especially true at community colleges. Four-year colleges enroll more “traditional” students than community colleges. One important characteristic of traditional students is they...
10,000 Degrees at National Conference 10,000 Degrees staff - Tania Requenes, a College Advisor at College of Marin, and Claudia Campos, a dedicated Fellow based at Contra Costa College - traveled to Los Angeles for the national convention for College Access/Success organizations serving Latinx students. Their...
Sonoma Valley, CA, May 4, 2018 – This time of year at high schools across Sonoma County, it can be a challenge for students to focus on the tasks at hand, namely reading, writing, and arithmetic as well as end-of-year projects and exams. But on...
San Rafael, CA, April 28, 2018– 10,000 Degrees, a leading college success nonprofit in California, and Meritus College Fund, a San Francisco-based college scholarship and success nonprofit, are joining forces to scale the impact of their college success model in order to increase the baccalaureate degree attainment...
A quick recap of the ongoing work by our amazing students and staff from the previous month. College Student Renewal Rates Climb 10,000 Degrees college students here in the North Bay and across the country exceeded 2017-18 renewal rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid...
A quick recap of the ongoing work by our amazing students and staff from the previous month. Incredible Application Numbers! Thanks to a massive push by staff and students ahead of the March 2nd deadline, 10,000 Degrees is celebrating our greatest tally ever - over 2,000 applications...