New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs: Following the release of a report that revealed just 35 percent of college-bound Boston public high schools graduates from the class of 2000 had earned a degree by spring 2007, Mayor Thomas Menino launched a citywide initiative challenging educators and community members to improve college completion rates for Boston Public Schools (BPS) graduates.The initiative, Success Boston, is centered around three tenets: get ready, get in and get through.
