{"id":1155,"date":"2022-04-28T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/m-cubed\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2023-06-14T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:20:25","slug":"how-m%c2%b3-is-tackling-summer-melt-through-smart-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/m-cubed\/news\/how-m%c2%b3-is-tackling-summer-melt-through-smart-start\/","title":{"rendered":"How M\u00b3 is tackling &#8220;summer melt&#8221; through Smart Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How M-Cubed&#039;s Smart Start is tackling &quot;summer melt&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l40yhsno0eI?start=95&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, 10% to 40% of high school seniors who planned to go to college in the fall never enroll, according to&nbsp;Harvard University\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/6pubeg\/ifele8b\/ijxeht\">Center for Education Policy Research<\/a>. Students of color and students who would be the first in their families to attend college are disproportionately affected by this so-called \u201csummer melt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00b3, the education partnership among Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is committed to changing this trend through the new Smart Start initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00b3 is launching Smart Start thanks to funding from Herb Kohl Philanthropies, Kohler Co., and UW Credit Union through the United Way of Greater Milwaukee &amp; Waukesha County. Smart Start will connect MPS high school seniors planning to attend MATC or UWM with coordinated support through the admissions process, summer bridge programming and co-curricular activities during a student&#8217;s first semester as a college student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Smart Start by clicking on the YouTube video above to watch the April 28 webinar from M\u00b3. We are grateful to <strong>WTMJ-TV reporter Tony Atkins<\/strong> for moderating this event. Atkins is a graduate of MPS (Vincent High School) and UWM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MPS class of 2022 students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to attend MATC or UWM, <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/m-cubed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2022\/04\/M-Cubed-flyer-Smart-Start-220428.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> for more information about Smart Start and how to apply for the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l40yhsno0eI?start=95\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nLearn more about Smart Start by watching our latest webinar hosted by WTMJ-TV reporter Tony Atkins, a graduate of MPS (Vincent High School) and UWM.  <\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/m-cubed\/news\/how-m%c2%b3-is-tackling-summer-melt-through-smart-start\/\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":37709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How M\u00b3 is tackling &quot;summer melt&quot; 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