College Access and Success Some recent examples of College Access and Success projects can be found below. Planning and Evaluation of the Partnerships for College Access and Success Initiative, The Lumina Foundation for Education. OMG recently completed a multi-year evaluation of this national college access and success program in eight cities across the United States. Using mixed methods, the evaluation began with the development of initiative-wide and site-specific theories of change to inform the development of an evaluation plan and methodology selection. The evaluation focused on four key areas of assessment: grantee capacity to lead the work, partnership development as a vehicle towards systemic change, student level college access outcomes, and college success outcomes. Evaluation of the Citi Post-Secondary Success Program, The Citi Foundation. The Citi Post-Secondary Success Program (CPSP) is a five-year initiative that aims to improve college access and success among low-income and first-generation students in Philadelphia, Miami, and San Francisco. OMG has led the Foundation, technical assistance team, and local CPSP sites to develop initiative and local theories of change to guide the development of an evaluation plan. These have helped the CPSP stakeholders develop a shared vision for the work and a common framework to describe the complexity of the initiative. The evaluation will include qualitative assessments of partnership development as a vehicle towards systemic change and quantitative assessments of student-level outcomes. Lessons learned from this evaluation will inform the field and the replication of the CPSP investment strategy to other cities. Student College Tracking Study: Miami and Philadelphia, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. OMG is conducting a two-year study, in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, to collect and analyze college enrollment, progress, and completion data for graduates of public high schools in these two cities between 2002 and 2009. Using longitudinal data from the school districts and the National Student Clearinghouse and information on the landscape of policies and programs supporting access and success in both cities, the goal is to inform current and future Foundation investments to promote college enrollment and completion. Additionally, the study of these outcomes in Philadelphia and Miami will help inform district efforts in both cities. The OMG Center will also conduct an analysis of the feasibility of replicating this longitudinal data collection study in other cities. Evaluation and Capacity Building, Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB). OMG is evaluating this 100+ chapter high school and college-based access and success program aimed at increasing the number of African American and Latino men that graduate from college. The purpose of OMG's work is twofold: 1) Build SAAB's capacity to collect data to assess program effectiveness on an ongoing basis; and 2) Evaluate SAAB's impact on college access and success. OMG's first stage of work is to assess SAAB's capacity to collect and use data and to build a feasible and useful data collection system. OMG is designing and implementing key components of the data collection system, and using it to answer the impact questions. The final piece will guide SAAB in the implementation of the data collection system for ongoing internal use and institutionalization of robust data collection practices. Evaluation of I-LEAD and Its Capacity for Expansion, Institute for Leadership, Education, Advancement, and Development, Inc. (I-LEAD). I-LEAD's College Without Walls Leadership Degree program in Philadelphia aims to increase access to higher education and develop community leaders by offering associate's degree programs in partnership with neighborhood institutions. OMG is conducting a three-year evaluation of this I-LEAD program by looking at students' overall satisfaction with it, retention in school, graduation rates, and transition to employment or four-year colleges. OMG also is working with the program to identify elements that contribute to the model's success and help the I-LEAD model expand while maintaining program quality. Evaluation of the McCabe Fund, Lumina Foundation for Education. OMG is completing a multi-year evaluation of the McCabe Fund. The Fund supported college access programs across the country designed to help students--particularly first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color--gain access to postsecondary education. In order to track college access milestones and outcomes, OMG, in partnership with the National College Access Network, designed a web-enabled database for the programs to enter student-level data. Programs entered data on over 2500 students in this system. OMG matched this student information with the National Student Clearinghouse to obtain college enrollment data for the McCabe students. OMG is using these results, together with qualitative data from site visits, to determine which program elements and experiences contributed to positive college access outcomes. Evaluation of the Graduate! Philadelphia Initiative, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Philadelphia. Workforce Investment Board. OMG is conducting a formative and summative evaluation of the Graduate! Philadelphia Initiative, a multi-level approach to increasing the number of college graduates in the Philadelphia region by encouraging adults with some college credits to return to college and obtain their degrees. OMG is collecting formative data as the work unfolds to inform the initiative leaders about programming and organizational capacity as well as summative data to assess the impacts of the initiative's delivery of services and college reenrollment. Evaluation of the Posse Foundation's Capacity for Expansion, The Posse Foundation. OMG is evaluating the capacity of the Posse Foundation to expand its programs to additional sites. The Posse Foundation is a national college access and success program which identifies diverse student leaders, provides them with pre-college training, and supports them once on campus to succeed in the college environment. Peer support is a critical element of the Posse model. OMG is assessing the capacity of the program to recruit more college partners, maintain program quality and provide an effective and efficient organizational infrastructure in an expanded model. Evaluation of the Hartford Community Schools Initiative, A Partnership of Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Hartford Office for Youth Services, Hartford Public Schools, and United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut. The Hartford School-Community Partnership engaged OMG to conduct a three-year participatory evaluation of its Hartford Community Schools Initiative.