Brown’s President Christina Paxson and Dean
Maitrayee Bhattacharyya will be honored at gala event in New York
City on Wednesday, June 21
The Kaplan Educational Foundation (KEF), which helps
disadvantaged minority community college students complete their
associate’s degrees and transfer to top U.S. colleges and
universities, will present its 2017 College Partner Award to Brown
University.
Christina Paxson, the 19th president of Brown University, and
Maitrayee Bhattacharyya, Brown’s Senior Associate Dean of the
College for Diversity and Inclusion, will accept the award at the
Foundation’s annual gala on June 21 in New York City.
The Award recognizes Brown University’s long-standing efforts to
increase access among diverse students, including community college
transfers and those from disadvantaged communities, by committing
resources, developing support programs, and fostering a campus
culture that meaningfully includes these students in all facets of
the academic experience. A centerpiece initiative is Brown’s
Resumed Undergraduate Education (R.U.E.) Program, which offers
enrollment and support services to older students returning to
college at least six years after high school.
Two Kaplan Educational Foundation Scholars currently attend
Brown, and a third graduated in 2015 and is returning this fall to
begin graduate studies at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School. Two
more Scholars will enter Brown as undergraduates this fall. All of
these Scholars graduated from community colleges within the City
University of New York.
“We’re so proud to honor President Paxson, Dean Bhattacharyya
and Brown University who have demonstrated real progress in
increasing access and making Brown a truly diverse environment,”
said Melissa Mack, chairman of the Foundation and chief
communications officer at global educational services company
Kaplan, Inc. “The Kaplan Educational Foundation helps hardworking,
talented community college graduates successfully transfer to top
four-year college programs and fulfill their educational, career
and life’s dreams. Brown University has been a great partner in the
Foundation’s mission.”
“At Brown, it is an article of faith that diverse perspectives
and life experiences are what drive academic excellence, innovation
and the advancement of knowledge,” President Paxson said. “It is
clear that we share these values with the Kaplan Educational
Foundation, which helps brilliant, highly motivated young people to
achieve their full potential. I am truly humbled by their choice to
honor Brown.”
The KEF is an independent charity created in 2006 and
principally funded by employees of Kaplan, Inc., the global
educational services company and largest subsidiary of Graham
Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC).
For the past decade, the KEF’s Kaplan Leadership Program has
been at the vanguard of helping high-achieving community college
students from underrepresented communities successfully transfer to
top colleges and universities such as Brown, Stanford, Harvard,
Syracuse, Emory, Mount Holyoke, New York University, Morehouse,
Amherst, Cornell, and others. Through a combination of generous
financial support and wraparound counseling, tutoring and support
services, the Kaplan Leadership Scholars attain remarkable
outcomes: 87% earn an associate’s degree and 92% of them go on to
transfer to a four-year college; all KEF alumni are employed in
their field of study or are currently enrolled in graduate
school.
The Kaplan Leadership Program’s model seeks to fill a gap,
ensuring low-income, high-potential community college students of
color successfully complete their associate’s degree and go on to
earn a four-year college degree. In demographic terms, Kaplan
Leadership Scholars range in age from 18 to 37 years old and almost
all are Pell Grant eligible. Most are the first in their families
to attend college.
Nationally, the challenges facing low-income, first-generation
students are steep; only 12% of minority community college students
transfer to a four-year institution within four years of enrolling
and only seven percent complete a bachelor’s degree within 10
years. The Foundation’s experience proves the effectiveness of
financial resources and, more importantly, comprehensive,
high-touch support systems these students may lack in their
secondary education or home experiences.
There are currently ten cohorts of Kaplan Leadership Scholars,
with selection for an eleventh cohort underway. This includes 17
active Scholars in the program and 35 alumni. Since the program’s
inception, 30 percent of program alumni have enrolled or completed
graduate degrees from schools such as the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University, the NYU Silver School of Social
Work, and Stanford University. Alumni are employed in various
fields, from education to medicine to scientific research to
finance and marketing.
About the Kaplan Educational Foundation
The Kaplan Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity
launched in 2006 with funding from Kaplan, Inc. executives. Its
comprehensive program provides financial aid, academic support,
leadership skills development, and cultural enrichment for
low-income, high-potential, underrepresented community college
students seeking to transfer to highly selective four-year schools.
For more information about the Foundation, which celebrates its
10th Anniversary this year, please visit
www.kaplanedfoundation.org.
About Brown University
Located in historic Providence, R.I., and founded in 1764, Brown
University is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution
and the seventh-oldest college in the U.S. Brown is a leading
research university where talented students and accomplished
faculty collaborate to blend deep content knowledge across many
disciplines to address the defining challenges of a complex and
changing world. At the heart of the University’s teaching, research
and scholarship is a commitment to academic excellence,
intellectual freedom and making an impact to better serve people,
communities and society. The University is home to undergraduate
and graduate programs plus the Alpert Medical School, School of
Public Health, School of Engineering and the School of Professional
Studies.
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