Thank You To MCANs Summit Sponsors:

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Thank You To MCANs Summit Sponsors

• University of Minnesota Consortium for
  Postsecondary Success and Presidents Initiative
  on Children, Youth and Families
• Disparities Unequal Opportunities, Unequal
  Outcomes
• MCAN funding is from 3M Foundation, ADC
  Foundation, Blandin Foundation, and Travelers
  Foundation.

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Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.

• The Minnesota Minority
• Education Partnership, Inc.
• (MMEP), is a twenty year-old
• research and advocacy
• organization and has
• embarked on creating the
• Minnesota College Access
• Network (MCAN).

MMEP serves the community by --Researching key
topics in education trends and students of
color. --Convening and Training of educational
leaders state-wide on these trends and Promising
Practices. --Providing Advocacy on pertinent
topics for rules and policy changes in
educational policy arena.
To Order MMEP Reports Visit www.mmep.net
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Why Did MMEP Initiate MCAN?

• The practices supporting this re-focused
  educational mission would center all stakeholders
  on moving beyond closing the achievement gap
  and towards a dynamic of reaching educational
  outcomes tied to high skill, post secondary
  attainment

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There are both economic and social returns on
investing in college access for a greater pool of
diverse students.
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MCAN Activities To Date

• Kick-Off with funders, local practitioners,
  policymakers and National College Access Network.
• MCAN Working Group meetings and attendance at
  2004, 2005, and 2006 NCAN.
• Completion of College Access Matters report
  2006 and Raising Expectations for College Access
  in Minnesota P-16 working group policy
  recommendations.
• College Resource Centers explorations and plans.
• New college access organization
  developmentPreparing Scholars for Tomorrow
  (PST).
• Sharing of promising practices with
  Achieve!Minneapolis college/career center and
  City of St. Paul College Access Working group.
• Advisory role on Minnesota Office of Higher
  Education Public Awareness Campaign.
• MCAN 3-Year Business Plan completed and approved
  by MMEP boardMCAN Board Development this summer.

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Todays Summit Objectives

• Expand a network of college access practitioners
  for greater impact on college-going rates and all
  students
• Inform a College Preparation and Access Framework
• Hear from a national practitioner on Financial
  Aid Literacy and Communities of Color
• Join MCAN!

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Mission
MCAN will provide technical assistance to
strengthen college access program efforts in high
opportunity communities throughout Minnesota.
College access program development or
expansions shaped by MCANs expertise, will
result in programs that reach more students, more
effectively and therefore increase the number of
students attending and completing higher
education in the state of Minnesota.
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Vision
The Minnesota College Access Networks vision is
to transform and enhance college access
programming in the state of Minnesota so that
every aspiring student has access to higher
education.

• MCAN will serve as a critical vehicle utilized to
  close the college participation gap in Minnesota.

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• Organize the college access program field and
  providing existing programs with the technical
  assistance needed to enhance and expand programs.
• Consult with community leaders in high
  opportunity counties on promising practices and
  assisting in the development and implementation
  of college access programs.
• Provide technical assistance to stakeholders in
  Minnesota on the most efficient and effective way
  to proliferate college access programs, messages,
  or services.
• Inform public policies to enhance college access
  in the state based on leading national and
  international research on access policies and
  underserved populations.

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Background Current Socioeconomic, Economic and
Education trends
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Retirees in the State will Outpace Workers with a
B.A.
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Demographic Shifts in Minnesota are Substantial
Demographic Changes on the Horizon will make it
increasingly difficult to maintain a skilled
workforce without engaging more students in
higher education.
Source Tom Gillaspy, Demographer for State of MN
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High School Grad Rates by Ethnicity We
are Losing Too Many Students from K-12 Pathway
Minnesota Department of Education
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College Participation Rates Fall for All Students
but sharp drop for Students of Color
Postsecondary Participation Rates the Fall
Immediately Following High School Graduation in
Minnesota Institutions 1993-2004, By Ethnicity
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
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GENERAL POPULATION PIPELINE
Source Citizens League, Trouble on the
Horizon, October 2004
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Students of Color College Participation

• Of 100 ninth graders of color, of those students
  who will obtain a Bachelors degree within 6
  years of college
• 3 are American Indian
• 5 are Latino
• 3 are Black
• Source Citizens League, Trouble on the
  Horizon, 2004

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Why are students of color NOT doing well?

• Limited social capital in education system for
  first-generation college-going students, youth of
  color.
• Lack of mentors/teachers of color.
• Racism in the educational system.
• Low expectations of students in our schools.
• Lack of connections made for all youth between
  global realities and educational tools necessary
  to be successful in this global reality.
• Limited college-going infrastructure in our
  schools and communities. Not enough college
  access programs or efforts.

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Current College Access Infrastructure

• Minnesota is 50th in the United States for
  effective Guidance Counselor to Student
  ratios.1
• Limited Advanced Placement (AP) course offerings
  throughout the state of Minnesota.2
• According to the College Access Matters report,
  over 25 counties have an urgent need to expand
  college access program offerings.3
• SOURCES 1 Tierney, Preparing for College
  Building Expectations, Changing Realities,
  Center for Higher
• Education Policy Analysis, Rossier School of
  Education, University of Southern California,
  downloaded from
• www.usc.edu on June 10, 2006.
• 2 Citizens League Recommendation, Trouble on
  the Horizon, Expanding A.P. Courses, p.17
• 3 Minnesota Minority Education Partnership,
  Inc. College Access Matters The Opportunity
  for College Access Programs in Minnesota, St.
  Paul, 2006, p.

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College Access Programs or Efforts Attract
those youth who might otherwise Not Pursue
Postsecondary Education because .--They never
met with a counselor or teacher about college at
their school, --No one in their family knows
how to apply to college, or--They have the
aspiration but none of the how to or money
to get there.
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Talent is Infinite, Access to college preparation
curriculum, college access services and setting
high expectations are Limited.

• People Tell me Im crazy for wanting to go to
  Harvard. said event participant, Thandisizwe
  Jackson-Nisan, But its the best of the best,
  and I want to be part of that best.

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College Access Programs

• In addition to these practical supports, college
• access programs generally provide supportive
• relationships with adults and peers who
• encourage participating students to strive for
• higher education and to develop their gifts.

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What capacity do college access programs have
currently in MN?
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College Access Matters Report

• First state-wide assessment of college access
  program work in Minnesota.
• Descriptive data about College Access Programs.
• Includes a College Access Opportunity Index to
  target investment in distinct communities.

3M Foundation Special Support
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Respondents of Survey

• Hennepin 25
• Ramsey 10
• St. Louis 5
• Beltrami 4
• Rice 4
• Washington 3
• Blue Earth County 2
• Stearns County 2
• Anoka County 1
• Cass County 1
• Clay County 1
• Crow Wing County 1
• Itasca County 1
• Mower County 1
• Nicollet County 1
• Winona County 1

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• Programs Primary source of funding
• -government
• Primary goals of programs
• -College Awareness
• -Role Models
• -Improving skills
• Least aid for college and minimal career
  awareness

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• Challenges
• --Connecting with school reform efforts
• --Promoting program (marketing)
• Location
• --College campuses

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What do College Access Programs Need To
Effectively Serve More Youth?

• Resources
• -Links to business funding
• Professional Development
• -Sharing of Promising Practices
• -Working better with K-12
• -Parental Involvement curriculum
• -Development of career awareness components.
• Program Expansion w/Evaluation expertise
• Marketing Expertise

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• Successful programs have already demonstrated
  that low-income students and students of color
  can achieve at the same level as their more
  affluent, white counterparts. But to meet the
  needs of society for a more effectively educated
  population, more than a handful of successful
  programs are needed.
• Source Newman, Couturier Scurry, The Future
  of Higher Education Rhetoric, Reality, and the
  Risks of the Market, p.173

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COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAMMING CAPACITY IN MINNESOTA
K-3 GRADES
College SUPPORT
9-10-11-12 GRADES
Workforce Entry
4-8 GRADES
TRIO 4400 Get Ready! 2,000 students In urban
areas
TRIO 2700 OTHER PGMS 3000
TRIO 8200
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
TOTAL STUDENTS THAT CAP SERVE 20,300 A YEAR.
(80 SUCCESS RATE16,000 who go on to college a
year after CAP participation.) Sources TRIO
report, Admission Possible website, and Get
Ready! Brochure MOHE, MCAN report 2006.
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College Access Opportunity Index Results

• Cass
• Mahnomen
• Beltrami
• Ramsey
• Red Lake
• Aitkin
• Big Stone
• Clearwater
• Hennepin
• Todd
• Traverse
• Hubbard
• Wilkin
• Becker
• Cook
• Cottonwood
• Freeborn
• Kandiyohi
• Kitson

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What will it take to expand college access
program services and develop new programs
State-wide?
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Mission
MCAN will provide technical assistance to
strengthen college access program efforts in high
opportunity communities throughout Minnesota.
College access program development or
expansions shaped by MCANs expertise, will
result in programs that reach more students, more
effectively and therefore increase the number of
students attending and completing higher
education in the state of Minnesota.
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MCANs Main Strategies

• Support the expansion of capacity of college
  access programs through a strong network
  Summits, Professional Development workshops,
  Conference, Unique gatherings with college access
  investors, policymakers, practitioners, and
  researchers.
• Collaborate and provide technical assistance with
  Key Stakeholders to Create New Programs and
  Efforts in High Opportunity Communities
• --Neighborhood House resource center plans
• --St. Cloud State University-Community
  College Knowledge Project
• --Minneapolis college resource center plans
• --College Access Working
  Group, City of St. Paul

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MCAN Strategies contd

• Provide technical assistance to stakeholders in
  Minnesota on the most effective way to
  proliferate college access messagespostsecondary
  awareness campaigns.
• Inform public policies to enhance college access
  in the state based on leading national and
  international research on access policies and
  underserved populations.

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The Network Can Support the Expansion of College
Access Services by
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• Bringing together practitioners to share with one
  another and apply additional Promising
  Practices in their work with diverse students.
• Replicating proven and effective college access
  strategies for greater impact statewide.
• Innovating NEW college access programs/efforts
  (through sites such as libraries, community
  centers, etc..)
• Impacting systemic change in college access
  policies at the state-wide level.
• Connecting private and public investors to
  college access program efforts (members).

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Other States with State-wide Networks

• Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and others
• Ohio Re-grants funds to college access
  programs, professional development workshops,
  annual conference.
• Illinois Database, e-network, summits, and
  college access program resources--I Know I can
  3rd grade program.
• Missouri 3 regional partnerships, and
  establishment of college clubs in K-12 system.

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We all share the vision

• To transform and enhance college access
  programming in the state of Minnesota so that
  every aspiring student has access to higher
  education.

Join The Network Today!
www.mncollegeaccess.org