THE CHALLENGE

​While half of all people from high-income families have a bachelor’s degree by age 25...
Just 1 in 10 people from low-income families do.1
When children born into the bottom fifth of the income distribution get a college degree, their chances of making it to the top nearly quadruple, and their chances of making it out of the bottom increase by more than 50 percent.2

OUR SOLUTION

OUR IMPACT

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1. Bailey, M. J. & Dynarski, S. M. (2011). Inequality in Postsecondary Attainment. In Duncan, G. & Murnane, R. (eds.), Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances (pp. 117-132). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

​2. Isaacs, J. B., Sawhill, I. & Haskins, R. (2008). Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution.
GRAD Cincinnati, a community-based nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization created in 2001, improves the chances of success for urban youth. GRAD Cincinnati provides academic support to help students achieve in the classroom, grow as individuals and citizens of the community, graduate from high school and enter and complete a college education. It is specifically targeted to support over 3,650 students and nearly 170 teachers and principals within Cincinnati Public Schools.
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