College Unbound offers a traditional 4-year degree in a nontraditional setting geared to the lives of working people
When Zuli Vidal walked across the stage for her high school graduation, she was the valedictorian of her class and already enrolled in college a year early. But she was also the mother of a 1-year-old and she was exhausted from working a variety of part-time jobs. Choosing to accept a full-time job at the Citizens Bank to support her son, she tucked college into the back of her head and carried on.
College Unbound in Providence, R.I., offers a chance for low-income adults who didn’t finish college to get a four-year degree. Students Dazanique Harmon, Kayla Gomes, Jennissa Perez, Andrea Romero, left to right, listen during a recent class discussion. Right, teacher Scott Weber leads a class discussion. | Jason Grow for Politico Magazine
Before classes begin, students and staff meet for a meal and community announcements. Zulenis Liz, 2, attends the community meal at College Unbound with her father Valentin Liz and mother Zulen Liz . One of the benefits of College Unbound is that it provides childcare during the evening classes. | Jason Grow for Politico Magazine
Eighty-seven percent of all CU students graduate, according to Vidal, who now works as director of recruitment and communications for CU while continuing to pursue her fashion line. The CU degree—a bachelor’s in organizational leadership and change—requires at least 1.5 years, with most students graduating in around two years. CU has enrolled 135 students for the fall of 2019.
Top left: Dennis Littky is the co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company, The Met School and College Unbound. Top right: Vanessa Vigil, Community Outreach Specialist at Neighborhood Health Plan. Bottom left: Zuli Vidal, director of recruitment and communications specialist at College Unbound and a graduate of the program. Bottom right: Jose Rodriguez, a College Unbound graduate and currently the re-entry coordinator in the Prison Education Program.
It’s got the “right engine,” Soares, of the American Council on Education, said. “The chassis feels right … . It seems like it has good legs. And if it can continue to recruit students and grow in that cohort-driven way, I do believe it has total resiliency and sustainability.”
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