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About Success Boston
On November 17, 2008, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced Success Boston, a new college completion initiative aimed at dramatically increasing the number of Boston Public Schools students completing college. Major initiative partners include the Boston Public Schools, the Boston Foundation, the Boston Private Industry Council and other area nonprofits, colleges, and universities.
Success Boston is focused on three key areas to ensure that Boston Public Schools students are:
Getting Ready
The Boston Public Schools are committed to preparing all students for college by expanding Advanced Placement and dual enrollment opportunities and offering new academic programs such as International Baccalaureate and credit recovery courses.
Getting In
Area nonprofit partners are helping Boston’s high school students make the transition to two-year and four-year colleges. Beginning with the Class of 2009, nonprofit partners are providing summer preparation for college, ongoing financial aid advising, and year-long transition coaching and mentoring. Nonprofit partners include ACCESS Boston, the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), Bottom Line, Freedom House, Hyde Square Task Force and The EducationResources Institute (TERI).
Getting Through
Boston area colleges and universities are offering BPS graduates the support they need to earn a higher education degree, including setting measurable goals and encouraging students to use on-campus services that are know to be effective in helping them get through college. Higher education partners include University of Massachusetts Boston, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Bunker Hill Community College, Massachusetts Bay Community College, and Roxbury Community College, among others.
Click here to learn more about why college completion matters.
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