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What is a college access program?
What does CSP do?
How can I get a scholarship from CSP?
What is the Resource Center?
Whom does CSP serve?
How much does CSP award in scholarships?
How does CSP benefit the Northeast Ohio community?
What is CSP’s history?
What is a college access program?
A college access program helps students, parents and schools navigate college financing, from start to finish, as quickly and easily as possible. It provides “access” to a postsecondary education by providing the tools to help students prepare for college and a career, obtain financial aid and succeed in college. CSP is the leading college access program in the nation that is emulated around the country for providing educational opportunity and workforce development.
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What does CSP do?
CSP helps families and children by providing access to postsecondary education. CSP provides college access services to Greater Cleveland residents interested in enrolling in four-year universities, community colleges, and vocational and technical programs. Our programs offer:
- Academic planning for higher education
- Financial aid advising & resources
- Scholarships
- College advising & resources
- Career advising & opportunities
- Encouragement
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How can I get a scholarship from CSP?
To be selected to receive a CSP scholarship, students must attend a high school serviced by a CSP advisor. This year, we are working with students on-site in 99 schools: 19 Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) high schools; 20 inner-ring suburban, 12 parochial schools, 39 CSMD middle schools and 9 Lorain County schools. Scholarship winners are selected based on recommendations by their advisor, meeting CSP criteria for academic performance (high school grades and SAT/ACT test scores) and financial need.
CSP also provides scholarship opportunities to adult students (ages 19 and above) who are pursuing their first associate’s or bachelor’s degree. Applicants are required to meet the scholarship criteria for academic performance and financial need.
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What is the Resource Center?
The CSP Resource Center is a convenient “one-stop” source of information on careers, colleges, financial aid, and scholarships for student and their families. The Resource Center is free and open to the public, located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio in the atrium of the BP Tower. It provides a state-of-the-art computer lab, comprehensive library, and personal assistance to search for national and local scholarships, college information, and career opportunities. The hours are Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
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Whom does CSP serve?
CSP serves Cleveland-area residents of all ages to put them on the track to postsecondary education. In the 2006-07 academic year, CSP assisted more than 23,000 total individuals through all CSP programs.
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How much does CSP award in scholarships?
The scholarships average over $1,350 per student and are renewable for five years, if the students continue to meet specified requirements. During fiscal year 2006-07, CSP paid a total of more than $2.8 million in scholarships to nearly 2,100 individuals. For every scholarship dollar awarded, CSP leverages an additional $11 in student aid. In 2006-07, CSP leveraged more than $37 million in additional financial aid.
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How does CSP benefit the Northeast Ohio community?
More than three quarters of our alumni live in Northeast Ohio, enriching the economic, social and cultural environment of our region. Across the state, only 72 percent of all college graduates remain in Ohio. Approximately 86 percent of our college freshmen are retained into their sophomore year, compared to 74 percent nationally and 75 percent in Ohio. They also command higher paychecks, adding to the region’s economic base.
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What is CSP’s history?
CSP was established in 1966 and is the leading college access program in the nation that is emulated around the country. CSP has been recognized nationally for its effectiveness and creativity and has been replicated in cities including Baltimore, Boston, Columbus, Miami, Santa Barbara and Washington, D.C. It has been ranked as a four-star “consistently excellent charity” in the United States by Charity Navigator, the largest national nonprofit evaluation service for the sixth time in a row. Only one percent of charities can claim this ranking.
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