CollegeKeys Compact™
Getting Ready, Getting in, and Getting through College: Expanding Options for Low-Income Students
The CollegeKeys Compact™ is a call to action to make college access and success a reality for all students, including those from low-income backgrounds.
The College Board is determined to address the needs and challenges of increasing access and success for low-income students by partnering with school districts, colleges and universities, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to identify, share, and intensify ways in which students from low-income backgrounds can get ready for, get into, and get through college.
The Compact will enlist the participation of all schools, colleges and universities accepting the call to action. The initiative proposes a number of possible activities, including:
- The creation of partnerships to provide more mentors for young people
- Ensuring the availability of rigorous high school curricula
- The waiving of fees for college applications for these target students
- Educating administrators, counselors, and teachers to help understand the reality of financial aid needs
- Providing additional tutoring and supplemental instruction, as well as culturally relevant programming
- Improving course alignment and acceptance agreements between two- and four-year campuses
Read the CollegeKeys Compact full report (.pdf/748K).
Join the Compact
Is your institution interested in being part of the CollegeKeys Compact? Learn how to join the Compact .