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Life Beyond Early College: Strategies for Success (webinar)

Webinar Presenters:

• Michael Webb, AVP, Jobs for the Future (moderator)
• Michael Nakkula, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Kaitlin Kelley, Alumni Support Coordinator, University Park Campus School
• Dawn Cooper, Director of College Readiness, Georgia Board of Regents
• Tequila Morgan, Graduation Coach, DeKalb Early College Academy
• Tene Harris, College Liaison, George State University

For nine years, the Early College High School Initiative has enabled tens of thousands of underrepresented students to experience college at a young age and earn up to two years of college credit—tuition free—by the time they graduate high school.

But once graduates leave the supports of their early colleges behind, they also need a strong foundation of non-academic skills to succeed in college and careers. Education researcher David Conley describes these skills as the attitudes and behavioral attributes that students must demonstrate to succeed in postsecondary education (e.g., time management, persistence with difficult tasks, college knowledge).

This webinar will share ways in which early colleges help students develop these skills (e.g., time management, intentionality, persistence in the face of difficult tasks/subjects) and how some early college graduates are faring in college today, based on a seven-year longitudinal study.

Please share this link with anyone interested in improving students' college readiness, especially faculty, guidance counselors, principals, postsecondary staff, and intermediaries already involved in early college.

This event takes place during Early College High School Week, a national celebration of the 231 schools across 28 states that now serve 50,000+ students a year. Most are minority and/or low-income students who, despite the odds their demographics face, graduate with an average 20-30 credits toward a college degree—tuition free.

(Webinar recording coming soon)