Mission

Bridging the gap between student potential and long-term success

Higher education alone is not enough. HighView provides the exposure, resources, and connections needed to remove barriers to student success, leveling the playing field and democratizing access to promising careers.

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Our Mission

While talent and academic potential are equally distributed, opportunity and network gaps prevent many students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds from accessing promising careers and competing on equal footing with their peers.

Enter HighView, the world’s first Student Accelerator Program. We connect high-achieving students from low-income communities with top companies in their local areas, offering them a higher view into their potential futures.

Beyond providing firsthand exposure to lucrative fields like business and tech, our partners immerse students in professional environments where they develop soft skills, build social capital, and forge valuable connections. Through this sustained engagement, students gain confidence in their ability to thrive in these industries. Together with our Partner companies, we’re democratizing access to high-growth careers and shaping the next generation of exceptional thinkers and creators.

Challenges we help overcome

68%
High school graduation rate of students who spend half of their childhood in poverty compared to the national average of 89%.
40%
Increase in the achievement gap between students from lower income families and those from higher income families in the last 30 years.
3-5x
Students who experience childhood poverty are 3-5x less likely to graduate high school and experience postsecondary success than their affluent peers.
*Sources: McKinsey & Company, Pew Research, NAEP, A+ Colorado
Building Futures Through Opportunity

“Long-term success for these students is contingent upon learning skills for navigating the professional world and connections to professionals in high-growth industries that they may not have received through their existing networks. This is why I created HighView in partnership with some of the most forward-thinking companies who are stepping up to make a change. I am truly inspired by each of these companies’ commitments to their communities and to ensuring equity in the tech industry.”

– Nicole Sherman, Founder HighView

Student Success Outcomes

100%
HighView graduates that complete high school on time
100%
HighView graduates accepted into 4-year colleges and universities
100%
HighView graduates that earn substantial college scholarships