Thank you Rachel, Han-Hsien, Matt, & Dylan. ❤️
Together, we are building the next generation of college.
Your enduring support makes CT possible.
Here are just a few of the 🎉 huge wins 🎉 that we achieved because of you over these past 12 months:
Our First 16 Graduates!
All 16 graduated on-time & with zero debt. Make sure to read the Philadelphia Citizen profile of our first graduation ceremony before our second Spring 2024 celebration!
A Historic CT Core Class
Last Fall, we started the largest class of Core learners in CT history! CT Core, our flagship pathway for 18-24 year-olds, is the in-person, high-support, low-cost college option that Philly youth deserve.
A Pilot Program to Get High Schoolers Ahead
Last Fall, we launched CT Ahead, a pilot dual-enrollment program. Working with Mastery Charter Schools and with funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we are redefining “early college” and offering high school seniors the chance to start college early, earn credits while they finish secondary school, and graduate even faster. CT Ahead will change how youth get ahead of the game in our region.
A More Flexible CT
In Summer 2023, we expanded on CT Core with a second pathway: CT Flex, targeted at full-time working older adults above the age of 24. With Flex, the 80,000+ Philadelphia adults with some college credits but no degree to show for it — and any working adult with the dream of college completion — can earn an SNHU degree with CT with maximum flexibility and cost savings.
Our First National Award
College Together’s founder, Oscar, has been named a 2024 Roddenberry Fellow. Out of 1,000+ applications nationwide, Oscar is one of ten fellows to gain national support from the foundation founded by Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. More so than an individual award, this fellowship affirms College Together as a model of national importance and potential. The entire CT team shares in this recognition.
So Much to Come in 2024…
CT Core, Flex, and Ahead are changing the college game in Philadelphia. In 2024, there is so much more to do. There are more learners to welcome into the community, programs to expand, a vision to fulfill, graduates to celebrate. Your support means the world & we cannot wait to continue to work with you to grow and legitimize CT as an entirely new category of college in our region.