Launching careers for ambitious graduates
who deserve access to opportunity.

The challenge

Every year, one million first-generation and low-income students graduate from college believing that a bachelor’s degree will provide long-term economic wellbeing for themselves and their families. A shocking number never realize this promise.



Over half of recent graduates are underemployed, working in jobs that don’t require a degree or offer commensurate salaries. For three in four of those graduates, underemployment becomes a trap they cannot escape: they will continue to earn significantly less than their peers for at least the next decade.