Missy McNabb
Vice President of Education
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
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Janet E. Rechtman, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, J.W. Fanning Institute for
Leadership Development
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RB21 Education Collaborative Network

Nanette Lee Reynolds, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Project GRAD Atlanta
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• The RB21 conversation has influenced conversations about education in a number of ways:
• We’ve changed the conversation on the ground in communities like Clarkston where meetings with community leaders and members RB21 are building trust, identifying needs and mobilizing resources in the Atlanta region’s most diverse community.
• We’ve changed the conversation about direct services – through the P3 with the leadership of GCAPP, where nonprofit leaders work together to align their programs and resources with support for education.
• We’ve changed the conversation about measuring results – RB21 partners at Emory and DOE, along with other “data coaches” are working in a variety of ways to increase the clarity, accuracy and utility of the measures we use to track progress.
This includes an unprecedented partnership with DOE to share aggregate data about student achievement to assist communities and nonprofits in planning and delivering needed services.
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• Partners share assets, knowledge and experience to create widespread, high quality support for students, families and teachers as they move through the education pipeline.
• Excitement and support from the business community for financially supporting the STRIVE initiative
• The work of ARC in researching best practice education models/programs as part of its regional economic competitiveness strategy
• United Way’s passion for improving the quality of life for the Atlanta region
• The Community Foundation’s commitment to community engagement.
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 Education remains a civil rights issue, because, unfortunately, equal educational opportunity remains elusive for far, far too many. Those at the “short end of the stick” are defined as historically disenfranchised or marginalized.
 The postsecondary education attainment rates among low-income students and students of color are documented as significantly lower than those of other students. The rates are inclusive of enrollment in professional/technical certificate and academic degree programs, at both 2 and 4 year levels of study.
 In metropolitan Atlanta, these youth are:
• Low income, food insecure, lacking of health care, suffering from mental and/or physical disabilities
• Homeless or in foster care
• Students are overwhelmingly enrolled in Title I schools
• First generation graduating from high school and/or attending college
• Racial/ethnic, language minority students, and children of undocumented immigrants
 While these young people are no less deserving of quality educational opportunities than your children or mine …the vision of college must be strategically placed before them.
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A broad, complex, intensive, and intrusive complement of resources, services, and experiences requisite to motivate, encourage and sustain our students on a college-going and completion path
Awareness
Readiness
Access
Affordability
Persistence to Attainment
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Our topic for the day!
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Mark P. Becker, Ph.D.
President
Georgia State University
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(2012-2013)
First Generation
Pell students
Adult learners
Veterans
Asian Americans
African Americans
Hispanics/Latinos
8,540*
12,532
6,001
776*
2,935
9,887
2,307
• *actual numbers are higher; conservative estimates based on one indicator
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Targeted Student Success Programs
• Structured Interventions: Data-based, Experiment, Pilot, Revise, Scale; e.g.,
• Peer Tutoring in High DFW Courses
• Predictive Analytics and Proactive Advising
• Strategic Allocation of Financial Aide: Panther Retention Grants
• Summer Success Academy: Intensive Advisement, Academic Skills & Financial
Literacy Training
• Keep HOPE Alive: HOPE Retention Rate increased from 49% to 75% in 5 years
• Freshmen Learning Communities: GPA, Retention, Graduation ALL Are Higher
• Course Redesign: College Algebra DFW Rate dropped from 43% to 21%
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GRADUATION AND PELL RATES OF URBAN RESEARCH
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UNIVERSITIES
40%
GSU 2003
50%
GSU
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Pell Rate
60%
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