“Postsecondary opportunity program” is a general term that WISCAPE uses to refer to state, county, municipal, institutional, and private programs and partnerships that aim to increase educational attainment and community development by confronting the barriers to postsecondary access, persistence, and success. These programs provide full or partial tuition assistance, academic preparation, guaranteed enrollment, or a combination thereof (among other benefits) to students who fulfill certain eligibility requirements. These programs exist under many names, including promise programs, compacts, covenants, and commitments.
The alphabetical listing below is under continual development and is not necessarily comprehensive.
Access UVA (Virginia)
Arizona Assurance (Arizona)
Arizona Centennial Scholars (Arizona)
Arizona State University Sun Devil Promise (Arizona)
Ayers Foundation Scholars Program (Tennessee)
Blue & Gold Plan (California)
Boston ACCESS (Massachusetts)
California Early Commitment to College (California)
Carolina Covenant (North Carolina)
Central Texas Two-Step (Texas)
College Bound Nebraska (Nebraska)
College Bound Scholarship Program (Indiana)
Hammond's College Bound Gains National, State Recognition (The Times, Munster, IN)
Cougar Commitment (Washington)
Davenport Promise (Iowa)
Denver Scholarship Foundation (Colorado)
Educate and Grow Scholarship Program (Tennessee)
El Dorado Promise (Arkansas)
Galveston Promise (Texas)
Garrett County Scholarship Program (Maryland)
Gear Up (Cincinnati)
Hopkinsville Rotary Scholars (Kentucky)
Huskie Advantage (Illinois)
Husky Promise (Washington)
Indiana Twenty-first Century Scholars Program (Indiana)
Jacksonville Promise (Illinois)
Kalamazoo Promise (Michigan)
Research Related to the Kalamazoo Promise (W. E. Upjohn Institute) Evaluation of the Kalamazoo Promise (The Evalutaion Center, Western Michigan University) Kalamazoo Promise PowerPoint Presentation (Delivered at the Johnson Foundation's Wingspread Facility, April 29, 2009)
Research Related to the Kalamazoo Promise (W. E. Upjohn Institute)
Evaluation of the Kalamazoo Promise (The Evalutaion Center, Western Michigan University)
Kalamazoo Promise PowerPoint Presentation (Delivered at the Johnson Foundation's Wingspread Facility, April 29, 2009)
Knox Achieves (Tennessee)
Lexington First Fund (Kentucky)
Missouri State Promise Scholarship (Missouri)
Newton Promise (Iowa)
Passport to College Program (California)
PathwayOregon (Oregon)
Peoria Promise (Illinois)
Pittsburgh Promise (Pennsylvania)
Purdue Promise (Indiana)
Salt Lake City is College Bound (Utah)
San Francisco Promise (California)
Say Yes to Education: Syracuse (New York)
Strive Promise (Ohio)
Success Scholarship Program (Ohio)
Tulsa Achieves (Oklahoma)
Venture College Promise (California)
UT Arlington Maverick Promise (Texas)
UT Guarantee, Universit of Toledo, and Success Program, Owens Community College (Ohio)
Washington College Bound Scholarship (Washington)
Wisconsin Covenent (Wisconsin)
Yellow Springs Promise (Ohio)