CASE: College Access and Success Ecosystem
COLLECTIVE IMPACT STATEMENT
Working together to ensure more Philadelphia students graduate on time from high school and college by using data and serving as agents of information, access and opportunity.
THE ECOSYSTEM’S OBJECTIVE
CASE is a data-driven, collective effort, with a goal of leveraging the talents of nonprofits, school leaders, government and industry to improve high school, college and postsecondary completion rates.
ACTION TEAMS
Since the Ecosystem’s official kickoff in December of 2023, the three CASE Action Teams (on-time high school graduation, on track to college graduation, and data & evaluation) have been meeting regularly to create a collective impact strategy for high school and postsecondary graduation.
Steering Committee
The individuals, and the organizations or institutions they represent (shown at left), who have signed on as members of the CASE Steering Committee are critical to the stewardship of the ecosystem’s common agenda to enhance graduation outcomes for all Philadelphia students. Thank you for being part of the leadership efforts for CASE!
- Michelle Armstrong, Executive Director, Office of Career and Technical Education, School District of Philadelphia
- Alyssa Bowlby, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Yleana Leadership Foundation
- Thom Butler, Executive Director, Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable
- Stephanie Gambone, President & CEO, Junior Achievement Southeastern PA
- Roxy Golas, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation, Philadelphia Youth Network
- Aja Holden, Executive Director, Office of Postsecondary Readiness, School District of Philadelphia
- Sarah Hollister, Senior Director of Higher Education Programs and Career Readiness, City of Philadelphia
- Farah Jimenez, President & CEO, Philadelphia Education Fund
- Hillary Kane, Director, PHENND
- Jennifer Kebea, President, Campus Philly
- Dustin Rodgers, Co-Founder and Chief of Staff, College Together
Full Ecosystem Summer Meeting
Thursday, July 25 hosted by Peirce College
CASE College Access and Success Ecosystem convened for its summer meeting at Peirce College. Keren Zuniga McDowell, Ph.D. McDowell, Executive Director of District Performance and Motunrayo Olaniyan, Senior Research Associate from The School District of Philadelphia‘s Office of Research and Evaluation joined to lead an interactive workshop on college access and success KPIs, including on-track graduation, postsecondary matriculation and persistence data and trends for Philadelphia students. Then, Nadia Schafer, Director of On-Track Success Networks and Evaluation at Philadelphia Academies, Inc. presented insights and data-informed interventions from a current partnership between PAI, SDP, and Northeast High School, where they’ve implemented 9th Grade On-Track Strategies. To close out the meeting, CASE members shared some resources available to students to support FAFSA completion this summer, including those from PhillyGoes2College and Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable.
How to get involved?
Contact Ellen Ridyard (eridyard@philaedfund.org) Director of Collaboration and Partnerships at the Philadelphia Education Fund
