Enabling Change
The Perfect Partnership: Match Beyond and College for America
Alex Roth
Social Media Specialist
NGLC
in Colorado
Topics
Next generation learning is all about everyone in the system—from students through teachers to policymakers—taking charge of their own learning, development, and work. That doesn’t happen by forcing change through mandates and compliance. It happens by creating the environment and the equity of opportunity for everyone in the system to do their best possible work.
NGLC grantees Match Beyond and College for America are teaming up to combine competency-based degree programs with intensive coaching, academic support, and jobs counseling.
Getting Smart recently released a blog on a partnership between NGLC grantees Match Beyond and College for America. Read the whole Getting Smart post.
The Challenge
All too often, low-income students find themselves unable to complete two- and four- year degrees due to cost, a lack of relevance in academic programs, or inadequate preparation for college-level courses.
The Solution
NGLC grantees Match Beyond and College for America are teaming up to combine competency-based degree programs with intensive coaching, academic support, and jobs counseling. The goal of the program is to achieve high degree completion rates and employment for low-income high school graduates.
Match Beyond has a long history of successful one-on-one and small group tutoring for low-income students. College for America offers affordable tuition costs and a degree program that’s designed to lead to employment. Together the programs will help to increase degree completion rates and find employment for low-income high school graduates.
Alex Roth
Social Media Specialist, NGLC
Alex Roth is the Social Media Specialist for EDUCAUSE, the parent organization of NGLC.
