More than 60 community, business, philanthropic and education organizations in Arizona form this independent alliance that is fueled by a community-based effort to make Arizona competitive through the power of education. Their goal is to generate greater awareness of the importance of increasing Arizona’s level of educational attainment while building support to improve college entry and completion; boost adult education and training; and fuel a pipeline of competitive talent for Arizona’s employers.
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The goal of Achieve60AZ is to help generate greater public and private awareness, ownership and support for the long-term steps needed in college entry and completion, adult education and training, and identifying and closing skills gaps to better prepare our workforce and our state for the future.
More than 60 community, business, philanthropic and education organizations in Arizona form this independent alliance that is fueled by a community-based effort to make Arizona competitive through the power of education. Their goal is to generate greater awareness of the importance of increasing Arizona’s level of educational attainment while building support to improve college entry and completion; boost adult education and training; and fuel a pipeline of competitive talent for Arizona’s employers.
Charter
The goal of Achieve60AZ is to help generate greater public and private awareness, ownership and support for the long-term steps needed in college entry and completion, adult education and training, and identifying and closing skills gaps to better prepare our workforce and our state for the future.
“We help children and families get to where they need to be – to be successful at whatever it is they’re struggling through as it relates to their mental health. So, the job I do is really rewarding and fulfilling in the sense that I have the opportunity to go out every day and help other people. And, just having that idea that I’m making an impact and knowing that I’m doing something to help not just help individual children and families, but also impact the greater community as a whole.” – Robert Madril, College Success Arizona Scholar, from Nogales, Arizona who received his Bachelor’s Degree, in Psychology, from the University of Arizona, and works as a clinical supervisor at an outpatient mental health clinic in Tucson.
“I know that psychiatric nursing has been brought more into the light over the past few years, and I feel that I want to be on the front lines of making a difference in that field, because it is very new as far being able to diagnose. It’s kind of a fuzzy line, because you are basically diagnosing people on symptoms that can overlap each other…” – Cynthia Lee, College Success Arizona Scholar, currently working as a Registered Nurse at Banner a Health in Tucson and at Tucson Medical Center.
Continuing with this feature, we’re be taking a closer look at the College Success Arizona team, the people that make all that we do happen. We’ll be asking the normal “tell us a little about yourself” questions, but also delving a little deeper into each team member’s personality, and what makes them who they are. This month’s subject is our newest Success Adviser, Staphany Ramirez.
Your support of College Success Arizona helps us to continue to provide services to Arizona’s highly motivated, low income, students so that they can attend, and graduate from Arizona colleges and universities.
Invest in Arizona’s future. By giving to College Success Arizona, you can help ensure that all Arizonans have the opportunity to succeed in college and graduate with a certificate or degree that will serve them well in the workforce. By 2020 68% of all jobs in Arizona will require at least some form of education beyond high school, but only 45% of adults in Arizona hold a high-value certificate, associates degree or higher. Adding just 500 college graduates to the Arizona workforce would increase state tax revenue by more than $1 million every year.
Your support enables us to provide need-based funding and advisory services to students; it also helps to advance our work to provide professional training for college access professionals and to inform policymakers and the public about solutions to college access and attainment challenges in Arizona. Combined, these efforts are helping to increase attainment statewide and boost Arizona’s economy.
If you have questions, please contact Johanna Urrutia, Director of Development, at 602-595-9392 or at jurrutia@collegesuccessarizona.org.
