Transitions to University:College Completion Efforts by Charter Management Organizations and Community-Based Organizations

Vincena M. Allen, MSWThe SEED FoundationWashington, DC 

Too many of America’s LIFG students are not enrolling in college.

55%

Even fewer LIFG students are graduating from college.

11%The Problem

More than 90 percent of all SEED

graduates have enrolled in college.

More than 60 percent have earned college degrees or are persisting towards college graduation.

SEED Results

SEED is a holistic program for middle school, high school, and college students.

SEED brings students together in a 24-hour-a-day, 5-day-a-week community highly dedicated educators, counselors, and college success specialists focused on college readiness and completion. SEED Solution

Founded in 1997,

SEED opened the

nation’s first urban

public boarding

school one year later

to help underserved

children go to college

and succeed.

SEED Solution

SEED’s College Transition & Success (CTS) initiative supports SEED graduates through college.

CTS provides: • College Matching &

Transition Advising• Financial Aid Education• College Exposure &

Outreach Visits• Scholarships• Leadership Development• Encouragement & Support

SEED Solution

Step 1

Result

Right College Preparation

 

Right College Match

 

Right College Supports

 

College Success

We provide our students with rigorous academics, exposure to appropriate colleges/universities, strong understanding of college affordability, and opportunities to develop tenacity and educational ownership. 

We examine the academic, personal, and financial needs of our students and identify colleges/universities that have a profile of success—high college graduation rates, strong campus-based support systems, and affordability.

We are matching students to colleges/universities that are effectively supporting students with the academic, social, and financial transition through college, and showing evidence of successfully graduating students within a six-year period.

Our work is helping SEED graduates experience success in college and beyond. 

Step 2

Step 3

SEED Innovation & Direction

College Matching 

SEED Innovation & Direction

College Partnerships 

6-16 Financial Education Model 

Best Practices Sharing