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Edvance Foundation

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Founded
  
2011

Focus
  
Higher Education

Type
  
501(c)(3)

Location
  
Boston, Massachusetts

Founder
  
Brian C. Mitchell and Kurt M. Thiede

Area served
  
United States of America

The Edvance Foundation is a nonprofit organization that strengthens partnerships between public and private institutions of higher education throughout the U.S., develops programs that foster greater access and choice for college-bound students, and promotes best practices in institutional operations, management, and governance. The foundation provides the foresight, expertise, clarity, resources, and ingenuity educational institutions need to deliver lasting benefits to their students, their organizations, and to the American higher education system as a whole.

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Board of Directors

  • Arthur Rothkopf, Chair
    • Former Senior Vice President and Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Past President, Lafayette College
  • Brian Mitchell, Director
    • Past President, Bucknell University
  • Lydia Logan, Director
    • Senior Director of Policy, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

    Programs

    Programs administered by the foundation support its core values and capabilities through an emphasis on:

  • Advancing and supporting higher education
  • Fostering collaboration among public and private institutions of higher education
  • Strengthening local and regional relations between colleges and universities
  • Creating efficiencies that support a breadth of strategic objectives including program development, resource allocation, strategic planning, and campus facilities management
  • Establishing innovative, sustainable programs of regional and national significance

    • Community College Linkage

    The Community College Linkage (CCL) is a program designed to encourage, facilitate, and support the enrollment of community college students at private colleges and universities nationwide. The program will provide counseling that enables those students to transition successfully into private four-year institutions. CCL offers a valuable resource for colleges and universities looking to diversify their student populations, extend their demographic reach, and enrich their learning environment.

    References

    Edvance Foundation Wikipedia
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