The American Talent Initiative’s Statement of Commitment

Joining the nation’s leading colleges and universities in reaffirming higher education’s vital role in serving the public good—by expanding access, elevating opportunity, and transforming the lives of students from lower-income backgrounds.

The American Talent Initiative is a membership of high-graduation rate four-year colleges and universities committed to increasing opportunity for low- and middle income students. Since its founding in 2016, ATI members have collectively increased lower-income enrollment by more than 50,000 students. Maintaining and expanding on this progress and ensuring strong graduation rates for lower-income students remain important goals, which ATI will aim to accomplish through 2030.

I affirm that my institution maintains its commitment to enrolling and graduating low- and middle-income students. We will participate in ATI through at least 2030 by setting institutional goals and reviewing our annual progress to those goals.