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Our Mission
Equip students confronting systemic barriers to earn a bachelor’s degree in pursuit of a life of opportunity, choice, and power.
From ninth grade through college graduation, our 10-year program systematically removes the academic, financial, and social-emotional barriers that keep first-generation students from low-income communities from completing college and thriving in the workforce. Today, College Track serves more than 3,800 students in 12 communities across California, Colorado, Louisiana, and the D.C. Metro Area, with 950+ alumni leading a movement to democratize potential.
Kevin and Wanda Durant Celebrate Inaugural Class of College Track at the Durant Center
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Read moreOP-ED: Stop Taking Grants Students Have Earned
Colleges need to stop treating student success at winning private scholarships as just another windfall, writes College Track's Nadja Jepsen
Chalkbeat and College Track Host COVID-19 Student Panel
Four students — from Aurora, East Palo Alto, Prince George's County, and Watts — and Dr. Shirley M. Collado participated in this important panel
Press Materials
News Articles
Our program model, impact, and incredible student stories have been showcased in news outlets across the country.
Releases & Statements
We work in concert with our partners to share important milestones and announcements that impact our students and communities at-large.
Brochures & Reports
A breadth of collateral materials are available to provide additional context into our program model and its impact to-date.
Our Expertise
With over 24 years serving students on their high school through college journey, College Track is pleased to be a resource for journalists on a variety of topics relating to college completion. Some of these topics include: college application practices, college readiness, persistence and summer melt, why a four-year college degree, maximizing financial aid options, supporting Dreamers and DACA recipients, and how we can ensure upward social mobility for today’s low-income and first-generation students.
Our Leading Voices
We believe in the power of national and local voices to speak to some of the greatest issues surrounding education and social justice and their impact on the communities we serve. Our regional leadership have a deep connection to this work and would offer significant insight to your stories.
Shirley M. Collado, Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Rosanna Ferro, Ed.D.
Chief of Education
Nadja Jepsen
Senior Financial Programs & Scholarship Director
Marshall Lott
Vice President, Site Support
Darwin Velasquez
Manager of DREAMer Services
Media Inquiries
For all press inquiries and information, please contact Michelle Shinseki, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, at mshinseki@collegetrack.org or Bonnie Powell, Director of Communications, at bpowell@collegetrack.org.
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As new @ACT board member, @CollegeTrack Pres./CEO (& @ithacacollege President Emerita) Shirley M. Collado looks forward to "rich, candid conversations that center students and drive forward the movement toward educational justice." https://collegetrack.org/press/college-track-president-and-ceo-shirley-m-collado-joins-board-of-act/
Transparency, vulnerability, trust, and respect were the major themes of today's Main Stage session with journalists covering #highered. Thank you, Shirley M. Collado, Ph.D. from @collegetrack, @NaomiJayHarris, @erichoov, @melissakorn, and @ElissaNadworny!
2"What keeps me up at night? So many issues that get talked about ...and so little action," @NaomiJayHarris in conversation about issues in higher ed for #NACAC22
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