November 2004

WHY COLLEGEBOUND?

For Immediate Release

A high school dropout is seven times more likely to live in poverty than a college graduate! — source: U.S. Census Bureau-2003

Since 1973, a college education has become the most direct path to well paid employment and financial security in the United States. — source: Post Secondary Education Opportunity-2004

In Baltimore, the CollegeBound Foundation's presence at 17 inner city high schools enables many disadvantaged youth to make a life saving decision that puts them on the path to economic independence. For many of these children, it is CollegeBound that removes the social and economic barriers that for too long have denied our youth access to college.

We owe our children the opportunity to claim their rightful place in Baltimore's workforce.

Help CollegeBound Empower Baltimore's Future Workforce!!