The links below provide information about successful efforts to increase college access for underserved students and will be useful in providing designs or models for practitioners to consider.

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• The Success of Collaborative Partnerships - Chattanooga, Tennessee (in development)
• Going Beyond the Obvious - Bellevue, Washington (in development)

• Strategies for Success: Six Stories of Increasing College Access
• Breakthrough High Schools - Sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, this site highlights schools with high-minority and high-poverty populations that are also successfully increasing high school graduation and college admission rates.
• The Talent Development High School Model - Designed to improve the structure and instructional practices of troubled high schools through the use of curriculum changes, staff professional development opportunities, and small learning communities, Talent Development made a difference in the five high schools in this study; the report found that the model produced substantial gains in course-completion and promotion rates and modest improvements in attendance.
• Program and School Profiles - This list from the Pathways to College Network features profiles of some successful schools and programs.

• The Ohio Appalachian Higher Education Model Program - The program's mission is to increase the level of educational attainment of residents in the Ohio Appalachian region. The program unites colleges, universities, K–12 schools, and the private sector to increase the region's college-going rate, which is currently only half the national average.
• California Alliance of PreK-18 Partnerships - The Alliance was formed to advance achievement for all students through policy changes at the state and national levels. The Alliance represents stakeholders from all education segments and roles including parents, teachers, higher education faculty, superintendents, community college and university administrators, state agencies and policymakers, education advocacy groups, private foundations interested in education, business, and school boards.
• The College Summit - The College Summit is an organizational approach to working with students, high schools, colleges, communities and employers to increase college readiness and access. College Summit works with all groups who benefit from increased college enrollment.
• The El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence - Through the El Paso Collaborative, the three school districts, community college, and university in El Paso are working together with parents and business, civic, and community leaders to reform the entire K-16 education system. The mission of this reformation is to ensure that all students graduate from area high schools prepared to enter and succeed in a four-year college or university.
• Online After-School Program Clearinghouse - The National Mentoring Partnership launched the After-School Program Clearinghouse to provide after-school coordinators with the tools and resources they need to add a mentoring component to their programs. The site also provides resources on how to implement, manage and strengthen after-school programs.