The ‘posse’ comes to campus
Through a partnership with the Posse Foundation, deserving public high school students get full scholarships to Tulane.
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| A third group of students from Los Angeles began at Tulane in the fall 2011 semester, thanks to scholarships from the Posse Foundation. (Photo from the Posse Foundation) |
"We're trying to make something really good happen on campus, to make the change that we were brought here to do," says Emily Cardinas. She is one of a small group of students from Los Angeles who is studying at Tulane this semester through scholarships from the Posse Foundation.
Posse scholars are supported from their senior year in high school through their college graduation and beyond. A posse is a multicultural team of at least 10 high school students with outstanding leadership potential who receive four-year scholarships to attend a university through that university's partnership with the Posse Foundation. Cardinas' posse is the third to do so at Tulane since 2010.
"I always wanted to go to a good private university, so I could get a good education, have a great life, and do good in the world," she says.
So, why are the teams called posses? The name comes from a comment that Posse Foundation founder Deborah Bial heard from a student who said that he would never have dropped out of college if he had had his "posse" with him. The term reinforces the group's core belief that social networks are important in sustaining student achievement. |
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