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Yet it is estimated that less than 4 of 10 students starting 9th grade will successfully navigate a path to and through postsecondary education. Many of these students lack clear guidance, financial resources, and/or adequate access to academic counseling to support their journey to a college degree or career. These supports are especially critical for students who are the first in their family to attend college and for those who are from low-or moderate-income backgrounds.  \nTo address this need, in 2018, former San José Mayor Sam Liccardo launched the San Jose Aspires (SJ Aspires) program in partnership with the San José Public Library and the San José Public Library Foundation to enable youth in underserved neighborhoods to chart a path toward a postsecondary education and to reduce the financial and informational barriers preventing them from attending college.  \nSJ Aspires provides high school students with access to a self-guided curriculum focused on college and career exploration, the development of academic habits and self-advocacy skills, supplemental college advising and guidance, and micro-scholarships as they become college and career-ready  \nSAN JOSE ASPIRES 2  \nyoung adults. Students can earn up to $5,000 in scholarships toward their postsecondary educational goals. In 2024, the long-term oversight and operations for SJ Aspires were acquired by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley.  \nSince 2020, the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University (Gardner Center) has been studying the SJ Aspires program at San José High School (SJHS) . Specifically, the Gardner Center has tracked two SJHS graduating cohorts’ (i.e., GY 2022–23 and GY 2023–24) participation in the program and the students’ matriculation into postsecondary institutions. The current study examines SJ Aspires students’ post-secondary outcomes and the relationship between their participation in SJ Aspires and their readiness for and persistence in higher education.  \nBackground/Theory of Change  \nIn 2020, the SJ Aspires program team and Gardner Center researchers engaged in a collaborative process to identify the goals of the program, the program’s key elements, key underlying assumptions, and the anticipated short-and long-term outcomes for the program. This effort resulted in the SJ Aspires Theory of Change (see attachment A) . A Theory of Change is a framework to understand fidelity between intended and actualized program implementation, measure program elements and outcomes, and guide continuous improvement. The SJ Aspires Theory of Change is explained as follows:  \nThe Model  \nThe SJ Aspires program’s overarching goal is: Students attending high school in San José, including those who are the first in their family to attend college and are from low-or moderate-income backgrounds, will graduate from high school prepared to succeed in postsecondary education and career pathways. The program highlights the importance of postsecondary education as a pathway for first-generation college students to pursue meaningful careers that afford them the opportunity to live in San José, and to the imperative of providing supports that make that goal possible.  \nThe SJ Aspires program design is guided by three core assumptions:  \n● Financial awards have the power to engage students in activities that will prepare them for college.  \n● An early start allows students to best prepare for postsecondary trajectories, but preparation at any time during high school is beneficial.  \nJOHN W. GARDNER CENTER FOR YOUTH AND THEIR COMMUNITIES  \nSAN JOSE ASPIRES 3  \n● Offering access to a mix of supports and a coalition of community partners will ","cbCaiuO61d5jTVKW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuO61d5jTVKW","pdf",954720,22,"English","# Introduction\n## Background/Theory of Change\n## The Model\n## Program Strategies\n## First-Generation Model\n## Developmental Model\n## Catalyst Model","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the San Jose Aspires program aim to address?\",\"answer\":\"It targets low rates of students moving from 9th grade to and through postsecondary education by reducing financial and informational barriers and improving access to academic counseling and advising.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study evaluate SJ Aspires outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"It tracks participation of two SJHS graduating cohorts and examines students’ post-secondary outcomes, focusing on readiness for and persistence in higher education.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main strategies of the SJ Aspires program?\",\"answer\":\"The program uses three strategies: student engagement, program offerings and support, and leveraging resources, implemented through intersecting models for engaging students.\"}]","College and Career Readiness at San José High School: An Outcomes Study of the San Jose Aspires Program | PDF",1792053533,55]