Our commitment to educationAmericas Corporate Responsibility
Unlocking students’ potentialAcross the Americas, EY encourages our people to volunteer in our communities to improve access to education. In the US, we place special emphasis on college and university access — especially for underserved students. This strategic focus on education:
• ►Mobilizesthebusinessandproblem-solvingskillsofEYprofessionalstoaddressacompellingcommunity need
• ►Counteractstheeffectsofthecurrenteconomicenvironment,whichhasmadeitmorechallengingforstudents to pay for higher education
• ►ExpandsandenhancesthetalentpoolfromwhichEY,aswellasourclientsandcommunity,willdrawfuture employees
Andit’spersonal,too.One-thirdofEYemployeesintheUSarefirst-generationcollegegraduates.
A MAP for success Manyhighschoolstudentsdon’tconsidergoingtocollege.Thegoalseemstoodistant,theapplicationprocesstooconfusing,thecosttooexpensiveandtherewardstoounclear.AtEY,ourpeopleareworkingtoremovetheseobstacles.Wewanttoencouragestudentstoapplyforcollege,andhelpthemsucceedonce they get there.
ThroughCollegeMAP(MentoringforAccessandPersistence),wehelpdemystifytheprocessofapplyingto and affording college, encouraging students who might not have considered applying for college to do so.Thenweworkwithstudentstobuildtheskillsthatwillhelpthempersistincompletingtheirpost-secondary goals:
• ►Awarenessofthelifelongbenefitsofearningahighereducation
• ►Financialreadinessthathelpsstudentsapplyforaidandpayforcollege
• ►Persistenceskillstohelpstudentscompleteandsucceedincareers
Sinceitsstartin2009,CollegeMAPhashelpedcloseto800youngpeoplebyengaging560EYprofessionals as youth mentors in our communities.
College MAP (Mentoring for Access and Persistence)
The numbers don’t lie An education can mean the differencebetweenjustgetting byandsucceedinginlife.
• ►21%ofhighschoolseniorsfromthe lowest economic quintile are adequatelypreparedforcollege-levelwork(somewhat,veryorhighlyprepared)comparedwith54%ofgraduatesfrommiddleandupper levels.1
• ►30%ofstudentsinthebottomquarter of incomes enroll in a four-yearschool.Andamongthatgroup, fewer than half graduate.2
• ►26%oflow-income, high-performing students goontoearnbachelor’s degrees, compared with 30%ofhigh-income, low-performing students.3
• ►60%ofjobsintheUSwill requirepost-secondary educationby2018.4
1”ImprovingAcademicPreparationforCollege:WhatWeKnowandHowStateandFederalPolicyCanHelp,”CenterforAmericanProgress. 27Jan2009(Web.23Jan2013).
2,3SeanF.Reardon,”TheWideningAcademicAchievementGapBetweentheRichandthePoor:NewEvidenceandPossibleExplanations,”Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Uncertain Life Chances of Low-Income Children. NewYork:RussellSageFoundationPress,2011.
4”AStrongerNationThroughHigherEducation.” TheLuminaFoundation.9September2009.
How College MAP works Toimplementtheprogram,wecollaboratewithhighschoolsandanot-for-profitorganizationcalledCollegeForEveryStudent(CFES).Together,weidentifyyoungpeoplewhomostneedoursupportandbringCollegeMAPdirectlytothem.CFESbringsawealthofexperienceincurriculumdevelopmentandastrongnetworkofuniversityrelationshipstothetable.Weprovidevolunteermentorsinmorethan20majorcitiesacrosstheUS.
Mentoring in teams Volunteersworkinteams.TheprogrammatchessmallgroupsofEYprofessionalswithhighschooljuniorsandseniors.Theteam-mentoringmodelhasseveraladvantages:multiplementorsprovideinsightandguidancetothestudentsintheprogram,busyclient-servingprofessionalsareabletobalanceworkandalong-termmentoringcommitmentandthegroupofstudentsbecomesitsownsupportiveacademiccommunity.
Everybody wins CollegeMAPbenefitsthestudentsweserve,ourcommunitiesandourpeople:
Students. BeingapartofCollegeMAPoffersstudentsvaluableacademiccoachingandsupport.Overtheyears,we’veseen90%ofthestudentswhoparticipateinCollegeMAPgraduate high school and pursue higher education.
Communities. SchoolsreceiveEY’sprofessionalexperienceandsupport;thiscanbeacritical helping hand at a time when many school guidance counselors handle caseloads of morethan500students.Morebroadly,CollegeMAPlaysthefoundationforstudentstohavesuccessfulcareersaftercollege,whichultimatelywillbenefitourcommunities.
Our people.CollegeMAPletsourpeoplecreatepositivesocialchangewhiledevelopingandpracticingtheirprofessionalskills:demonstratingleadership,speakinginpublicandcollaboratingwithpeoplefromdiversebackgrounds.Eachmentoralsoreceivesintensivepre-mentoringtrainingandaccesstoarobustcurriculum,aswellasparticipatinginongoingmentoringwebcasts.EY’sannualGlobalPeopleSurveyfindsEYpeoplewhomentoraremoreengagedandtakegreaterprideinworkingatEYthantheirpeers.
Thought leadership in educationPublishedstudiesshowclearlythattheUSeducationalsystemfailstoproducegraduateswiththeskillsneededtosucceedintheglobalmarketplace.Thisfailureisparticularlyacutewhen it comes to disadvantaged youth.
Webelievecorporationscanimprovethesituation,andwe’veactedonthatconviction.ThatiswhywecollaboratedwithFSGSocialImpactAdvisorsonawhitepaper,Best in Class, to explorehowcompaniescanhelptransformK-12publiceducationandarecurrentlyworkingwiththeNationalMentoringPartnershiptoconductresearchontrendsandbestpracticesincorporate mentoring.
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Making a difference in educationInadditiontoCollegeMAP,weareproudofourcollaborationswith:
• Cyberchase.WeareasponsorofCyberchase, PBS’saward-winninganimatedtelevisionseriesthatteacheskidsages8to11mathandproblem-solvingconcepts.Thecornerstoneofthisrelationshipisanafter-schoolprogramwhereourvolunteersbringtheCyberchaseexperiencetolifethroughhands-ongamesandactivities.Moreinformationisavailableatwww.ey.com/us/cyberchase.
• ►BizKids.Since2011,Ernst&YoungLLPhasteamedwithBizKids,anotherEmmyAward-winning television program, to help educate middle-school-agedstudentsaboutmoney andbusiness.
• ►BoysandGirlsClubsofAmericaandBigBrothersBigSisters.Bymakingadifferentialinvestmentintheseorganizations,wearetapping into the passion our people have for mentoring and education across the Americas.
San Francisco
Los Angeles Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
Birmingham Atlanta
Richmond
PhiladelphiaNew York
Secaucus Providence
BostonRochester
Cleveland
Toledo
DetroitChicago
Kansas City
San Jose
Charlotte
MiamiActive College MAP cities
Denver
New Orleans
College For Every StudentCollegeForEveryStudent(CFES)isanonprofitorganizationcommittedtoraisingtheacademicaspirations and performance of underserved youth so that they can prepare for, gain access to, and succeedincollege.Sinceitsfoundingin1991, CFEShashelped75,000underservedyouthin 700 schools nationwide, in partnership with regional colleges, strengthen academic performance, graduate from high school and go on to college. Formoreinformation,visitwww.collegeFES.org.
