Program Partners

A Better Chance has developed a strong portfolio of Program Partners, that provide an additional set of ongoing and important opportunities specifically for A Better Chance students.
Our partners offer experiential learning opportunities that enhance our Scholars’ academic skills, along with cultural experiences and social connections.

Current Partners

Pioneer Academics

The Pioneer Academics Research Program is a virtual research institute for outstanding high school students with high standards in selectivity and academic rigors. It is the only online credit-bearing research program for high school students that offers STEM, social sciences and humanities disciplines. In Pioneer's rigorous academic system, students work one-on-one with university professors in advanced study and research of a topic of their interest, culminating in a full-length research paper that meets Pioneer's standards.

Barnard College

Experiment in International Living

The Student Diplomacy Corps

The Student Diplomacy Corps provides scholarships to high school Scholars to international education summer programs that build college readiness, deepen understanding of global issues and unleash the potential and creativity of youth. Examples include travel to China for environmental action in the middle kingdom, France for a moveable feast, and Uruguay for gaucho culture.

Test Innovators

The Steve Fund

Yale Young Global Scholars

The Yale Young Global Scholars Program is a very selective leadership-development program for high school students from around the world. The program is designed to bring together students with the talent, drive, energy, and ideas to make meaningful impact as young leaders, even before they begin university studies. Living on the Yale campus for two weeks during the summer, students in the program:

hone their abilities to think critically and flexibly;
engage productively with a diverse group of peers;
explore new and exciting ideas;
meet distinguished scholars and practitioners;
develop key communications skills.

While building a strong network of like-minded young people, participants assemble a leadership toolkit that they take back with them to their home communities at the conclusion of the program. The program offers several intensive, interdisciplinary summer pre-collegiate experiences each year.