The Pre-Collegiate Development Program (PCDP) is designed to motivate first-generation Latino students (grades 6-12) to pursue postsecondary education. The program focuses on academics, but addresses other variables that influence college enrollment, for example, student and parent aspirations and access to information about college and financial aid application processes.
Institution:
University of Colorado
Academic Level:
Baccalaureate
Issue Area:
College Prep
Year:
2006
Designation:
Examples of Excelencia
Designation:
Finalist
Key Personnel:
Williams, Carmen
Address:
University of Colorado
Address 2:
1800 Grant Street, 8th Floor
City:
Denver
State:
CO
Zip:
80203 Goal/Mission:
The primary goal of the program is to adequately prepare first-generation and minority students for a professional career and further expose them to their academic interests. As a first step, PCDP ensures that these students successfully complete their high school education on time and possess the academic and social skills necessary to enroll at their choice post-secondary institution. PCDP is both a high school and middle school program. Currently, there are more than 1,300 students participating in the high school program who come from 45 Colorado Front Range high schools. Latinos make up 78% of the program's enrollment. The middle school program assists more than 700 students from 34 middle schools that are "feeders" to the program's target high schools.
Outcome:
PCDP has placed 95% of the program's graduating seniors into higher education from 1988 to 2005. Further, 94% of these students pursued their post-secondary careers at four-year institutions, with the remaining 6% attending two-year institutions. Their graduation rate from the University of Colorado is about 82% in six years.
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