Support the Initiative

Expanding Opportunity Through Partnership

Expanding access to selective colleges requires collaboration among educators, researchers, and philanthropic partners who share a commitment to strengthening educational opportunity.

College Metropolis was created to help students, families, and counselors better understand the landscape of selective colleges and the opportunities these institutions can provide. By translating research on college access into accessible information and practical tools, the initiative seeks to support more ambitious college exploration among talented students.

Foundations and institutional partners can play an important role in helping develop and expand these efforts.

The California Selective College Opportunity Initiative

A central component of College Metropolis is the development of the California Selective College Opportunity Initiative, a platform designed to help high-achieving students identify selective colleges where they are academically competitive and where strong financial aid opportunities may make attendance possible.

The platform will also support counselors and educators by providing information that helps guide students toward institutions aligned with their academic preparation.

The initiative will initially focus on students attending high schools in California, with the long-term goal of developing a model that could inform broader efforts to expand selective college opportunity.

How Philanthropic Support Can Help

Developing tools that help students better understand the college landscape requires research, technological development, and ongoing collaboration with educators and institutions.

Philanthropic support can help advance this work by supporting:

development of the California Selective College Opportunity platform
research translation and educational resources
outreach to educators and counselors
long-term expansion of opportunity-focused tools and information

Foundations and institutional partners can play an important role in helping make these resources available to students and educators.

Partnership Opportunities

College Metropolis welcomes conversations with foundations and organizations interested in supporting efforts to expand selective college opportunity.

Potential partnership areas may include:

philanthropic investment in platform development
collaboration with education-focused organizations
research partnerships and data initiatives
support for expanding access to college opportunity resources

Organizations interested in learning more about the initiative are encouraged to connect to discuss potential collaboration.

Explore Partnership Opportunities

If your organization is interested in supporting this initiative or learning more about potential partnership opportunities, we welcome the opportunity to connect.