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About the College Persistence Coalition

The College Persistence Coalition partners with K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and workforce organizations to build more connected pathways to postsecondary success. By aligning systems, strengthening instruction, and supporting innovation across sectors, CPC helps create the conditions students need to persist, graduate, and thrive.

Featuring Our Gateway Math Initiative

Nearly half of community college students leave college within their first year. One of the earliest and most common barriers to persistence is Gateway Math—a required course with national pass rates below 50%.

CPC’s approach is twofold. First, we offer the Gateway Math Fellowship to strengthen the pedagogical capacity of math faculty through the lens of student motivation and sense of belonging. Second, we help college and high school partners design Pre-Gateway Math dual enrollment courses that target the prerequisite math skills needed to master the freshman year Gateway Math course.

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We Work With

High Schools

We partner with high schools to design dual enrollment courses that help students develop transferable and enduring skills that set them up for success in college and the workforce.

Colleges & Universities

We partner with colleges to facilitate pedagogical classroom training for faculty to better support first-year college students.

School Districts & Systems

We partner with school districts to strengthen strategic relationships and synergy between local high schools, colleges, and workforce programs.

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Workforce Development Programs & CBOs

We partner with workforce development programs and CBOs to facilitate pedagogical training for instructors to address the critical gap between instruction and career readiness. We also support organizations in cultivating high school and college partnerships.

What We Do

Our Core Impact Drivers

CPC’s work is grounded in four core impact drivers that support innovation, strengthen instruction, and improve postsecondary outcomes.

Innovation Design Labs & Pilots

CPC brings together K-12 schools, higher education systems, and workforce development partners to share resources and collaboratively brainstorm creative solutions to their students’ biggest struggles.

Gateway Math Fellowship

CPC strengthens the pedagogical capacity of math faculty through the lens of student motivation and sense of belonging.

Gateway Math Lab Dual Enrollment

CPC helps college and high school partners design Pre-Gateway Math dual enrollment courses that target the prerequisite math skills needed to master the freshman year Gateway Math course.

Higher Education Faculty Development

CPC builds a bridge between high schools, colleges, and workforce programs to create a better understanding of curriculum, data, and pedagogical models that yields a more cohesive pathway to students’ postsecondary success.

Featured Event

Reimagining the First Year of College

CPC’s Fall Innovation Design Lab brought together educators, leaders, and students to explore new approaches to college persistence and graduation.