In this week’s Fixes column, Tina Rosenberg writes that the Posse Foundation is redefining the way some universities define success. The foundation, which was started by Deborah Bial, selects public high school students with potential and pairs them with elite schools.
In Wednesday’s Opinionator piece, Ms. Rosenberg highlights participants of the program who attended Middlebury, a liberal arts college in Vermont. One went on to join Teach for America and is now in graduate school at Columbia University; another attended law school and is now a White House press assistant.
Posse chooses its scholars through a series of group and individual interviews, a system it calls the Dynamic Assessment Process. It brings hundreds of kids into a room and puts them through activities that test their problem-solving, leadership, communication and collaboration skills, their initiative and resourcefulness. “If you’re hiring someone for a leadership position in a company,” said Bial, “those are the very things we’re looking for.”
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