Other Recognition
College Summit's innovation has been honored in a variety of venues. The leadership of the organization is often called upon for interviews and presentations, especially in the fields of social entrepreneurship and college access.
College Summit Shares Strategies with Congress
On March 22, 2007, Founder and CEO of College Summit, J.B. Schramm, testified before a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness and provided Congress with successful strategies to increase college access in the U.S.
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Founder & CEO J.B. Schramm and Alumnus Jose Silva Testify Before Congress
"But there is one, relatively inexpensive area -- the 12-"13" transition itself -- that our national education policy has frankly overlooked, and if Congress were to address it with even a modicum of attention, it would have a profound impact not just on college access but on high school and college success as well." J.B. Schramm
Read more from the transcript of College Summit's Congressional Testimony
How to Change the World
Award-winning writer David Bornstein devoted an entire chapter to College Summit in his 2004 book, How to Change the Word: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas.
Read Chapter: "The Talent Is Out There"
College Summit Founder and CEO J.B. Schramm Featured on National Public Radio
J.B. Schramm joins writer David Bornstein and fellow social entrepreneurs to talk about the business of social change.
J.B Schramm on NPR
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White paper titled High Schools as Launch Pads: How College-Going Culture Improves Graduation Rates in Low-Income Schools |
PBS's NewsHour recently aired a segment with Judy Woodruff on the progress St. Louis Public Schools and College Summit have made in improving college-going in the city.
In Their Words is a collection of some of the best student essays from our first ten years.