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�������ý Track, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all students have the opportunity to earn a college degree, today announced a formal partnership with the University of California, Davis. The partnership marks a significant milestone in �������ý Track's expanding network of college and university partnerships, deepening its commitment to opening doors to higher education for under-resourced students.

UC Davis is consistently one of the top enrollment destinations for �������ý Track’s California scholars each year. This partnership formalizes and deepens that relationship, reflecting a shared belief that expanding access to higher education requires sustained institutional commitment.

At the heart of the partnership is a common conviction: that access to higher education should not be determined by circumstance. Both �������ý Track and UC Davis have long invested in programs and structures that support first-generation and under-resourced students, and this partnership is an expression of that shared mission. 

“This partnership demonstrates how a nonprofit and a research university can come together to fuel first-generation student success,” says , �������ý Track president and CEO. “UC Davis has long been a destination for �������ý Track’s California scholars, and our agreement not only formalizes our existing relationship, it deepens it in meaningful ways.”

The partnership with UC Davis reflects a broader movement across higher education to meet first-generation students with the institutional support they need to not only enroll, but to succeed and graduate. For both organizations, it is an opportunity to signal clearly that access and equity are not peripheral concerns. They are central to what higher education should be.

“Earning a college degree changes the course of a student’s life, creating new opportunities for personal growth and generational economic mobility,” said UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. “At UC Davis, we’re committed to ensuring those opportunities are within reach for talented students from every background. We look forward to partnering with �������ý Track to help more students achieve their college dreams.”

The UC Davis partnership is the latest in a growing network of college and university relationships �������ý Track has built to ensure its scholars have every advantage as they pursue and complete their degrees. By pairing long-term mentorship and academic support with direct institutional relationships like the one formalized with UC Davis, �������ý Track continues to build a pipeline where first-generation and under-resourced students don’t just apply to college — they belong there, and they graduate.

About �������ý Track

�������ý Track’s mission is to equip first-generation scholars to earn a bachelor’s degree and build lives filled with opportunity, choice, purpose, and power.

Today, more than 4,800 �������ý Track high school and college students across California, Colorado, Louisiana and the D.C.–Maryland area are pursuing their goal of becoming the first in their family to graduate from college.

Across the country, �������ý Track alumni represent what’s possible when first-generation scholars have long-term support and access to higher education. Ninety percent of �������ý Track scholars are the first in their family to attend college, and 84% come from under-resourced communities. They graduate at more than two and a half times the national rate for first-generation peers.