Project Leadership

OUR MISSION Project Leadership partners with schools and communities to increase high school and post-secondary completion rates. Project Leadership creates and accelerates local and regional educational initiatives and programs that promote educational attainment and degree/certificate completion. It strives to improve quality of life and the economic health of communities, ensuring low-income students achieve an education with value in the marketplace through college access/completion. Project Leadership services strive to help students: 1) Find their Way in the career/major path that fits best with their interests and aptitudes. 2) Learn the critical steps for how to Pay for a post-secondary education. 3) Develop a plan to Stay on their post-secondary path through successful completion. OUR STORY Project Leadership began in 2000 as a program funded by a Lilly Endowment grant designed to increase educational attainment. The college and success programming deepened significan...