Getting Through: Higher Education’s Plan to Increase the College Completion Rates of Boston Public Schools Graduates

The Success Boston College Completion Initiative aims to double the number of Boston Public Schools (BPS) graduates earning college degrees, beginning with the Class of 2011. In 2010, Massachusetts colleges and universities were invited to join this initiative, many developing individual campus plans to improve the achievement and success of BPS graduates they enroll. The completed plans are summarized in this report. The report also discusses ways higher education participants propose to collaborate with each other and with the BPS, the business community, nonprofit organizations, and others working with Boston students on college transition and success issues. Finally, it outlines a structure for managing the involvement of the higher education community as one of the pillars of Success Boston.