The KIPP Forward Approach
In collaboration with the nearly 400 KIPP Forward counselors across the country, we provide KIPP high school students with:
- Quality curriculum and college selection support in high school
- Guidance during the transition from high school to college
- Access to partners that support students on their college and career journey
Preventing Summer Melt
The Challenge
Summer melt is an all-too-common scenario where high school graduates apply and get accepted to college, but never enroll. It can happen when graduates don’t receive enough financial aid, miss administrative deadlines, or don’t have support from family and friends.
Our Approach
We focus on Strong Transition during the summer months, an initiative where KIPP Forward counselors ensure that students and families have the knowledge, skills, perspectives, and resources to avoid summer melt and make it across the finish line to enrollment.
Partnering For Success
We collaborate with a range of quality partners who are committed to supporting the academic, socioemotional, financial, and career needs of KIPP alumni. Meet some of our partners below.
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College Partners
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College Partners
College Partners
Through partnerships with more than 90 colleges and universities across the country, we identify strategies to help close the achievement gap for all first-generation college attendees and students of color. Together, we reflect on areas where we can strengthen college readiness and matriculation strategies, and we implement support to improve persistence and graduation rates for KIPP and other first-generation students. Check out a handful of our college partners:
- Duke University (Durham, NC)
- Howard University (Washington, DC)
- Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA)
- University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
- Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
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College Partners
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Career & Education Partners
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Career & Education Partners
Career & Education Partners
We provide KIPP high school students with tools to help them further their education and explore career pathways. YouScience, Braven, and Verto support students on their journey from high school to college and careers.
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Career & Education Partners
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Scholarship Partners
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Scholarship Partners
Scholarship Partners
Over the years, we’ve partnered with donors committed to ensuring that KIPP students have the resources to attend and graduate from the college or university of their choice. More than 200 KIPP alumni have received financial support, internship support, mentoring, and more from these national scholarship programs:
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Scholarship Partners
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Additional Partners
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Additional Partners
Additional Partners
The Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.
The Dell Scholars program offers comprehensive, individualized support to help students overcome academic challenges, increase financial literacy, and navigate the personal circumstances that impact their college experience.
UNCF works to increase the total annual number of African American college graduates by focusing on activities that ensure more students are college-ready, enroll in college, and persist to graduation.
InsideTrack uses the power of coaching to support individuals in achieving their educational and career goals.
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Additional Partners