Talented students from every zip code and income level deserve the opportunity to access an excellent college education.
Talented students from every zip code and income level deserve the opportunity to access an excellent college education.
What We Do
The American Talent Initiative seeks to substantially expand access and opportunity for talented, low- and moderate-income students at the nation’s colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates. Member institutions are enhancing their own efforts to recruit and support lower-income students, learn from each other, and contribute to research that will help other colleges and universities expand opportunity.
What We Focus On
ATI members are working towards one shared, ambitious goal: by the year 2025, attract, enroll, and graduate 50,000 additional high-achieving, low- and moderate-income students at the nation's top colleges and universities. To realize this vision, ATI mobilizes members around shared areas of focus, producing research and resources that can help accelerate progress toward that goal.
Featured Blog
Featured Resource
Featured Blog
Provocative, Productive, and Collaborative: The 2021 Academic Equity Summer Institute
Featured Resource
Improving Clarity in Financial Aid Offers: Content & Design Recommendations for Transparent Student Communications
The American Talent Initiative spotlights the financial aid offer, providing strategies and resources for institutions seeking to use this tool to clearly communicate the cost of college to students.
Featured Media
Featured Media
Rich Kids Are Eating Up the Financial Aid Pot
A large share of strapped school budgets is going to “merit aid” for wealthy kids, as part of a bidding war to enroll high-income students.