[caption id="attachment_5847" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pepe Gonzalez & Kim Mazzuca honoring Mitch & Susan Cohen[/caption] On April 30th, I had the distinct honor to present with our Board Chair, Pepe Gonzalez, in presenting this year’s Pay-It-Forward award to Mitch and Susan Cohen. The Pay It Forward award...
From remarks Given at One Amazing Night on April 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_5812" align="alignnone" width="522"] Click here to see photos from the event[/caption] From the moment when one’s potential begins to unfold—when they begin to defy people’s beliefs that they were not “college material”, and beat the...
Recently, The Atlantic published an article demonstrating the growing gap in college completion rates for Bachelor’s degree between students of low-income and of wealthier backgrounds. The article draws on a trend report from the Pell Institute and it is a thought provoking read for all of us...
There continues to be a flurry of discussion in media and education circles about providing different routes for secondary school students through both Career Technical Education (CTE) and community college degrees. It is important to provide educational and career choice, to develop a trained work force,...