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June 29. 2011
Cascade
Qonnectior
A lgie
C. G atewood
by
single student
w ho g ra d u ­
ates d o es so
w ith college credits already in his or
her pocket. Im agine students who
graduate know ing that they can suc­
ceed in college, because they already
have. Im agine students w ho face the
choice not o f w hether they can go to
college, but where they should go.
Most o f all, imagine a neighborhood
where the value o f higher education is
E ducation, it seem s, is m ore and passed on from parent to child, genera­
m ore on the m inds o f O regonians. tion after generation. Imagine a neigh­
W ith the cost o f a college education borhood where every child not only
on the rise, and w ith the O regon dreams o f going to college, but expects
L egislature ham m ering out the d e­ it. Such a thing has the power to trans­
tails o f the next b ien n iu m ’s budget, form a community forever.
education is front-and-center in the
This is w hat is possible with the
collective consciousness.
expansion o f the M iddle College pro­
As a com m unity college cam pus gram. Starting this fall, Jefferson fresh­
president, this isn ’t surprising to me men will begin a com prehensive and
- education is on my m ind nearly challenging curriculum that will first
every m inute o f every day. I w o n ’t prepare them for the rigors o f college-
regale you with a discussion o f the level studies, and then - beginning in
L egislature’sdeliberations; I’ll leave the 1 1th grade - im m erse them in
that to the professional pundits. W hat college-level coursew ork. M ost will
1 w ould like to do, how ever, is focus graduate with som ew here betw een a
on a success story: the M iddle C ol­ half-year and a year o f college under
lege program at Jefferson High School. their belts, and m ore am bitious stu­
T his fall, the M iddle C ollege will dents can earn as m uch as a tw o-year
transition from being an opt-in-pro- A ssociate’s degree - all by the time
gram to one that encom passes each they finish high school.
incom ing Jefferson freshm an. But
C o n sid er M ichael N elson, for
w hat it is it, ex actly ?
exam ple. M ichael w as a M iddle
For nearly seven years now , the C ollege student w ho graduated from
M iddle C ollege has helped to build Jefferso n in 2010. He had am assed
a bridge betw een at-risk and low - enough college credits through the
incom e kids and the w orld o f higher program that he w as able to transfer
education. In the sim plest term s, the to P ortland State U niversity this
program enables Jefferso n students past fall as a sophom ore. Q uite liter­
to enroll in, and earn credit for, c o l­ ally, through the M iddle C ollege, he
lege-level courses at Portland C o m ­ w as able to com plete his first year o f
m unity C o lle g e ’s C ascade C am pus co lleg e for free. For those parents
- all whi le they ’ re sti 11 i n high school. out there with children w ho are co n ­
But in reality, the M iddle C ollege is tem plating co lleg e - 1 d o n ’t need to
m uch, m uch more.
tell you how m uch this m eans in
Let’s pause for a moment toconsider term s o f dollars and cents.
Jefferson High School. It’s the only
M ichael’s story is all the more re­
majority-African American high school markable considering that he has spent
in Portland. Many o f its students fall roughly the last 13 years o f his life
into the “at-risk” or “low-income” cat- moving from one foster home to an­
egories-a large majority areeligible for other. Despite his considerable talent
free or reduced-price school lunches. and drive, he was in danger o f being
The vast majority have grown up in marginalized as just another foster kid
homes in which no one has ever at­ with few prospects. Because o f the
tended, much less graduated from, col­ Middle College, though, M ichael’s
lege. In fact, about 95 percent o f current options are virtually limitless.
and former Middle College students are
On its own merits, the Middle Col­
the first members o f their families to go lege represents a tremendous opportu­
to college.
nity for Jefferson students. A new de­
It’s no secret that Jefferson has v e lo p m e n t, h o w e v e r, ta k es the
faced its share o f challenges. E nroll­ program’spromisetothenextlevel.The
m ent has declined o v er the years, University o f Oregon has pledged to
p rin cip als have co m e and gone, provide up to three years o f tuition-free
sev e ra l in te rn a l re o rg a n iz a tio n s study to those Middle College students
have been en acted, and rum ors o f whocom pleteoneyearatPCC, whether
its im m inent closure have circulated. while they’re in high school or after.
D espite its struggles, though, the This unprecedented opportunity is
venerable institution has retained available to all students who qualify for
the ardent support o f its co m m u ­ a federal Pell grant.
nity. In m any w ays, it is an enduring
Algie C. Gatewood is president of
sym bol o f the n eig h b o rh o o d ’s iden­ Portland Community College’s Cas­
tity as a m u lticultural enclave.
cade Campus. To team more about the
Imagine, then, the transform ative M iddle College program, visit
im pact o f a Jefferson in which every www.pps. k!2.or. us/schooLs/jefferson.
Jefferson’s
Middle
College.
Success