Virginia group is helping high school students go to college

Some students may want to go to college, but they may not know all that is needed to get there. That’s where Partnership for the Future comes in. The organization’s mission is to help high school students get into college, according to WTVR 6 News.

About Partnership for the Future

Partnership for the Future is Virginia’s college access program that serves students in high school through college. Students learn about themselves, goal setting, workforce development, college applications, and financial aid. Students are also matched with a paid internship and go on college tours.

One hundred percent of students who complete the program attend college. Eighty percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and come from moderate to low-income homes.

Partnership for the Future president and CEO Dionne Henderson said:

“What we know is talent is freely given, but opportunity is not. Partnership for the Future is here to bridge that opportunity gap to make sure the question isn’t if they go to college it’s where, if they desire to go.”

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