Deloitte, a leading professional services organization, has a passion for education and recognizes its importance to developing a rich, diverse labor pool. It has teamed up with College Summit, a leading voice on college access, to make college attendance the norm in America. Deloitte is leveraging a full array of assets, including pro bono support, skilled volunteerism, cash giving, and board leadership, to support College Summit’s proven program.
Together with College Summit, Deloitte developed a data reporting system that is now one of the nation’s most accurate accounting of low-income, post-secondary enrollment trends. College Summit shares the data with high schools so they can adjust resources, curricula, and scheduling to help students meet milestones and increase college enrollment. In just three years, College Summit has raised enrollment rates from partner schools by 20 percent, versus a 4 percent increase nationally. Deloitte is also College Summit’s largest source of volunteers and, its CEO chairs College Summit’s board, and it is helping College Summit pilot new revenue streams.