Coalition Update
June 2017
Webinar Agenda
Introduction
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Coalition Members
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Year 1 Data
Upcoming Information
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Our Commitment To:
Access
Coalition schools actively undertake efforts to
help underserved students access the
information needed to understand their higher
education options, financial aid processes, and
admissions practices.
Affordability
Coalition schools represent a range of public
schools with low-cost, in-state tuitions and
private schools committed to financially
supporting their students and graduating them
with little to no debt.
Student Success
Coalition schools
graduate their students at
high rates, and especially
students from underresourced backgrounds.
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LOCKER
COLLABORATION
SPACE
APPLICATION
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The Locker
STUDENT
Academic Documents
Essays
Written Work
Extracurricular Activities
Multi-Media Projects
Visual Arts / Music
THE LOCKER
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The Collaboration Space
The Coalition offers students the ability to connect with high school counselors,
teachers, parents, community leaders, and other mentors on the same platform where
they will prepare for and apply to college.
THE LOCKER
COLLABORATION
SPACE
Collaborate and share
application materials of your
choice with counselors,
teachers, and/or mentors.
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The Coalition for Access,
Affordability, and
Success
135
colleges and universities
working together to improve the
college admission application
process for all students.
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Membership Criteria and Focus
• Pillars of organization: access, affordability,
success.
• Geographic access
• Offering students a positive signal
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Coalition Schools
Adelphi University
Allegheny College
American University
Amherst College
Arizona State University
Babson College
Bates College
Beloit College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California Institute of
Technology
Carleton College
Carroll University
Case Western Reserve
University
Claremont McKenna
College
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of New Jersey
College of the Holy Cross
College of William & Mary
College of Wooster
Colorado College
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Denison University
Drew University
Duke University
Elon University
Emory University
Florida State University
Franklin and Marshall
College
Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering
Georgia Institute of
Technology
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Illinois State University
Indiana University Bloomington
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
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Coalition Schools (cont’d)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Maryland
Lycoming College
Manhattan College
Marist College
Meredith College
Miami University - Ohio
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
North Carolina State University
at Raleigh
North Central College
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Purdue University
Ramapo College
Reed College
Rice University
Rutgers University – New
Brunswick
Rutgers University – Newark
Saint Michael’s College
Salem College
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Southern Methodist University
St. Mary’s University
St Olaf College
Stanford University
State University of New York –
University of Albany
State University of New York Binghamton University
State University of New York College at Geneseo
State University of New York University at Buffalo
Stony Brook University
Swarthmore College
Sweet Briar College
Texas A&M University
Trinity University (TX)
Tufts University
Union College
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
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Coalition Schools (cont’d)
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
University of Mary
Washington
University of Maryland College Park
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Missouri
University of Montana
University of New
Hampshire
University of New Mexico
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of
Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of South
Carolina
University of Tampa
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University
Wake Forest University
Washington University in
St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Wofford College
Yale University
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Coalition Platform Usage
• 10,355,893 page
views
• 123,965 accounts
created
• 58% applying for
financial aid
• 20% first generation
college students
Coalition Application Usage
39,000 students submitted 47,000 applications to
all 47 member colleges that accepted applications.
American University
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Caltech
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna
Clemson University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Holy
Cross
Columbia University
Davidson College
Denison University
Duke University
Emory University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Indiana University Bloomington
Johns Hopkins
North Carolina State
University at Raleigh
Northeastern
University
Northwestern
University
Pomona College
Purdue University
Reed College
Rice University
Rutgers University
St Olaf College
Stanford University
SUNY- Binghamton
University
SUNY- Geneseo
Swarthmore College
Texas A&M
Tufts University
Union College
University of Chicago
University of
Connecticut
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Notre
Dame
University of
Pittsburgh
University of
Rochester
University of South
Carolina
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest
University
Washington University
in St. Louis
Williams College
Yale University
Coalition Fee Waiver
A universal fee waiver allowing students
to apply to college barrier free.
26%
Applications
filed using a
Coalition Fee
Waiver
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Counselor Resources
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Better Make Room Visits
• Better Make Room Schools:
– High graduation rates
– High percentage of students on free or reduced lunch
– Low (non-existent) FAFSA completion rates
• Member Colleges visited 270 different schools;
42% of high schools were visited more than once;
500+ visits made by Coalition members.
• Texas A&M University led the way with 63 visits.
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New Features & Enhancements
Evaluated student experience and making
additions to Profile and improvement to
member specific question section.
• Enhanced communication with students
who do not have access to college
counseling.
• Improved application review experience
for member colleges.
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Messages for Students
Increase Early Awareness
Finding College Fits
Value of Coalition Fee Waiver
Consider the Locker
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Access Initiatives
Partner with others
committed to access,
including:
• College Advising Corps
• Khan Academy
• Regional CBOs
Coalition member colleges
collaborating to create new
events, programming.
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How UChicago is Leveraging
Coalition Membership
• Coalition Ambassadors
• Coalition travel groups
• UChicago Student Opportunities &
Aspirations Roadmap to Success (SOARS)
• No Barriers
• UChicago Promise
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