Ramp-Up to Readiness

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Ramp-Up to Readiness™ is a new innovative program that guides junior and senior high school students through a research-derived sequence of courses, projects, activities and experiences that prepare them for college success.  It equips students with the knowledge, skills and habits not just to gain admission to college or another postsecondary institution, but to succeed once they get there.

Ramp-Up is needed because teenagers want to go on to college, but they often have an incomplete and incorrect understanding of what it takes to get ready for, get into, and succeed at college. In addition, only about one-third of them, at current rates, will go on to complete a two-year associate degree or higher and in the 21st century postsecondary education is essential because income, opportunity and education are more closely connected than ever before.  To prepare more students to be ready for college, schools across Minnesota will have the opportunity to begin implementing the program in the fall of 2010.

For an overview of the research behind and the components of Ramp-Up to Readiness™, please explore this Web site. If you need additional information or to get involved, contact the University of Minnesota’s College Readiness Consortium, collegeready@umn.edu.