Penn's New Posse

The Posse Foundation has announced a partnership Penn — and no, this is not relating to insane clowns or any sort of Regina George-led clique. Rather, the Posse Foundation creates 10-12 member "posses" of teens from underprivileged schools who in turn get full rides to top schools. Until now, most of the schools that participated were liberal arts colleges. Penn will be the first Ivy to participate, recruiting students from the Miami-Dade public school system. According to Inside Higher Ed:

Students in the six cities served by Posse are nominated to be in the program by principals, teachers and counselors, after which they proceed on a track to one of the program's 33 institutions that recruit students from their city. After a multi-part interview process, selected students apply to their school of choice, and, if admitted, also receive an acceptance letter to the Posse Foundation. Once accepted to college but still in high school, they go to weekly supplementary education sessions, where they are taught college preparatory, conflict resolution, and leadership skills.