Introducing RI's Access & Persistence Programs
Overwhelmingly, participating students are low-income and from urban communities.
The College Access and Persistence Programs, by institution:
Connect to College (C2C) at Community College of Rhode Island: Centralizing critical services, C2C assigns Coordinators to every participant and provides wrap-around support to address individual student needs. Read more about C2C.
Learning for Life (L4L) at Rhode Island College: This program offers a broad-range of academic, financial, and social-support services designed to address potential obstacles to college persistence for both at-risk college-age students and adult learners. Read more about L4L.
Project Recruit & Educate Local At‐risk Adults & Youth (Project RELAAY) at the University of Rhode Island: Aiming to boost the number of minority students graduating within six years, RELAAY serves both traditionally under-represented students and older adults who already have some college-level education. Read more about Project RELAAY.
Data note: Our story captures only the incoming freshmen. Upper class and older students, who make up an especially large portion of the L4L program, are not included.
