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How the Partnership Works
CFES is dedicated to creating and strengthening partnerships between schools and colleges that help underserved youth gain access to and succeed in college. Most of these young people are first-generation college students. CFES provides a proven framework to create and strengthen the relationship between schools and their college partners. Schools that participate in CFES are carefully screened and selected. From the outset, CFES works with each college to find the right public school partner.
CFES facilitates the launch of the school-college partnership and helps develop and sustain it through customized training and networking. In addition, CFES provides each college with tested models for productively interacting with its public school partner, as well as new ideas. Because assessment is an important program component, CFES evaluates the program’s success on a regular basis by measuring its impact and, if necessary, adapts the program to meet the college’s changing needs.
Benefits to the College Partners
CFES college partners benefit from:
- An enhanced national reputation for raising academic standards and for outreach to underserved student;
- Increased opportunities for exposure in the press highlighting success stories, as well as compelling stories for alumni publications;
- Increased access to rural, urban, and other hard-to-reach populations;
- Student and alumni community service, field work, leadership, and training opportunities;
- An ongoing support network that ensures partnership success.
Becoming a CFES Partner
To become a CFES partner, colleges should contact CFES.
College Connect
College Connect, formerly the Consortium for Educational Excellence through Partnerships (CEEP), is a national alliance of schools and colleges establishing cooperative partnerships that benefit their students and faculty. Participating institutions are committed to developing programs aimed at increasing the number of underserved students who get to college and succeed there.
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The partnership between the Richmond Public Schools and Virginia State University is not only providing a vehicle for VSU students, faculty, and staff to learn from Richmond students, but it is also helping underserved K-12 students prepare for and aspire to college. More...
Application Fee Waived
Indicates colleges offering application fee waivers to CFES students.
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