Jenkin, Ann2019-09-172019-09-172019-06https://hdl.handle.net/11299/206703University of Minnesota M.A. thesis. June 2019. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development. Advisor: Peter Demerath. 1 computer file (PDF); ii, 78 pages.The following case study was conducted as a master’s thesis on Breakthrough Twin Cities, a college access program located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota. This study explored the perspectives of participating students, parents, staff members and the board of directors through individual interviews and online surveys to better understand the successful components of college access programs and the deep-rooted barriers they continue to face. Marks of program success include the utilization of future orientation, individualization, community based developmental relationships, unrestricted learning and mirrored perspectives. These practices have implications for fellow college access programs as well as public schools and deserve additional research in order to expand their reach as high leverage habits of successful, equitable organizations.encollege accesseducational equityThesis or Dissertation