Higher Education

Priorities

Higher Education

We partner with the region’s key higher learning institutions to create pathways for student success, including direct financial support to improve persistence, increase graduation rates, and bolster career preparedness. Each student’s post-secondary journey is shaped by different obstacles and opportunities, with first-generation, low-income, veterans, and other underrepresented students facing greater barriers to degree completion. We also work with institutions to advance their academic and social priorities, pilot new programs, and jumpstart research.

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Higher Education Initiative: Investing in students, schools & new ideas

Improving access to higher education is central to Koret’s core priority of enhancing the quality of life in the Bay Area. Earning a college degree provides a critical pathway for the next generation to productive employment, financial stability, and social mobility. In 2020, Koret announced a new five-year $50 million Higher Education Initiative. Grants have […]

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