Community College Transfer

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Community College Transfer Initiative provides more than a thousand exceptional low- to moderate-income community-college students across the country with the opportunity to attend the nation’s most selective four-year institutions. The program partners with eight highly-selective colleges and universities, as well as dozens of community colleges across the country.

Grant Recipients

 
The Foundation’s Community College Transfer Initiative (CCTI) is designed to help high-achieving community-college students earn bachelor’s degrees at top colleges and universities nationwide. The Foundation has invested $6.8 million to develop targeted programs at highly-selective four-year institutions.
 
Current Grantees:
  • Bryn Mawr
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Southwestern University
  • Syracuse University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Past Grant Recipients:
  • Amherst College
  • Bucknell University
  • Cornell University
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Southern California

News & Publications

Threading the Needle
Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States.

Opening Doors
JKCF is working to expand opportunity for high-achieving, low- to moderate-income community college students to attend the nation’s most selective colleges and universities.

The Smart Transfer
The New York Times, April 22, 2007

How Governments Can Improve Access to College
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2007

A Pathway to Success
DiverseEducation.com, February 2007

Elite Schools Reach Out to Transfer Students
San Antonio Express News, January 20, 2007

Big Givers Turn to Poorly Financed Community Colleges
The New York Times, November 13, 2006

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CCTI Program Video
JKCF is working to expand opportunity for high-achieving, lower-income community college students to attend the nation’s most selective colleges and universities.

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