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Why We Collaborate
Collaboration is a crucial part of our on-going strategy. Cultivating partnerships with other nonprofit organizations allows us to leverage resources with other organizations with similar goals. Simply put, it extends our reach, and ensures success for students seeking postsecondary opportunities. Current collaborations are listed below.
Berkeley Edge Graduate Fellows Program
Level Playing Field Institute is a proud co-sponsor of the Berkeley Edge Graduate Fellows Program, which aims to establish and maintain a sense of supportive community among underrepresented doctoral students of color in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) departments at U.C. Berkeley. The students are encouraged to participate in a series of bi-weekly luncheon workshops focusing on advanced graduate students' research and academic and professional skill-building. While the program targets students from underrepresented populations, any STEM doctoral student is welcome to participate in the workshops.
The Berkeley Edge Graduate Fellows Program gatherings provide an ongoing opportunity to meet and befriend other underrepresented STEM doctoral students and to expand their range of academic interests. The program will increase the confidence and preparedness of participants as they consider their post-graduate career options, which-it is hoped-will increase the number of STEM students from underrepresented communities who choose careers as university faculty.
U.C. Berkeley enrolls approximately 60 new students from underrepresented communities in STEM doctoral programs every year, which is among the largest number of STEM students of color at any graduate school in the U.S. The Berkeley Edge Graduate Fellows Program is jointly sponsored by Level Playing Field Institute, the National Science Foundation-Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, and the Berkeley Edge Program.
College Bound Network
The College Bound Network is a new network of Bay Area nonprofit organizations providing financial and programmatic support to low-income, college-bound youth. We share information on best practices and innovative approaches to more effectively serve our students and ensure their success as they consider, experience, and graduate from college. Together we are a model of collaboration in support of our students and each other.
CBN was founded by Lynne Martin of Students Rising Above and Cedric Brown of Level Playing Field Institute.
Other CBN organizations include Hispanic Scholarship Fund, B.A.Y. Fund, Meritus College Fund, East Bay College Fund, CollegeWorks, UC Berkeley Incentive Awards, and Achieve, a program of the Gerson Bakar Foundation.
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