Posted on August 9, 2017

For continued support of their Alumni Support Counselors within their KIPP Through College team as they work with their alumni to provide the critical support to their successful persistence through college and to a successful career. This team works with their alumni to confront the barriers that they encounter as first generation college students, and to empower them to navigate the roadblocks, large and small, that arise on their road to college graduation. As the number of KIPP New Jersey alumni continues to increase, numbering over 800 members from the classes of 2010 – 2016, they have added counselors with deeper and broader experience to support their alums in developing the skills, habits and mindsets they need to succeed in college and in life. As the number of juniors and seniors in college increases, they have also added initiatives to meet the different needs of these students as they persist through college and pursue careers.