Scholars in the News
Reshma Tharani, 21, is part of a new breed of community college student
Scholar Films
Harun's most recent film, In the Name of the Son, is based on his experiences growing up in wartime Bosnia
Research
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In partnership with the Lumina Foundation for Education and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is sponsoring significant research designed to answer important questions related to the initiative, including
- How many community-college students transfer to selective schools, and how well have they performed?
- What successful models exist at selective four-year institutions that demonstrate how to facilitate the transfer of these students?
- What are the perceived and actual barriers to transfer?
Threading the Needle of the American Dream
Learn more about the results of the research report, Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States: Threading the Needle of the American Dream, which was funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, and Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
New! Achievements and promising practices from the CCTI Evaluation
Read overviews of the eight grantee programs two years into the Initiative, and learn about the promising practices emerging at each institution.
University of California, Berkeley
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill