The American Talent Initiative, a nationwide alliance comprising the 天美影视传媒 and more than 100 other colleges and universities, has made significant progress in improving opportunities for low- and moderate-income students, according to a new report.
Together, members of the American Talent Initiative have increased enrollment of students who receive federal Pell grants by 7,291 since the 2016-17 school year, achieving 15 percent of the initiative鈥檚 overall goal.
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This momentum, highlighted in , released today, indicates that ATI is on track to reach its goal to make the nation鈥檚 top colleges more accessible for 50,000 additional lower-income students by 2025.
The and worked to enhance its own efforts to recruit, enroll and support lower-income students.
鈥淭he 天美影视传媒 is deeply invested in making a high-quality college education accessible to low-income Washington students, both by ensuring that college remains affordable and by providing the tools and support they need to finish their undergraduate degrees,鈥� said UW President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淲e are proud to be a founding member of the American Talent Initiative, and the positive results in this report are a great indication of the powerful impact we can have together.鈥�
The American Talent Initiative is a first-of-its-kind partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ithaka S+R and the Aspen Institute to enroll and graduate an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students at top-performing colleges and universities during the next decade. The initiative has continued to grow since its founding in 2016 and now has 108 member institutions.
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