One Million Degrees
Aaron Arbiter is a dedicated Senior Program Coordinator at One Million Degrees since September 2021, collaborating with Chicago Public Schools and Truman College to implement the Teach Chicago Tomorrow program, which aims to inspire former CPS students to become educators. Prior experience includes managing the implementation of OMD's Signature Program for community college students, directing theatrical productions, teaching standardized test-preparation courses for middle schoolers, producing creative projects at Red Tape Theatre, and developing educational and social justice initiatives with the Union for Reform Judaism. Educational credentials include a Bachelor's degree in Theatre/Theater and Cultural Studies from Brandeis University and training at the National Theater Institute.
One Million Degrees
One Million Degrees empowers low-income, highly motivated community college students to succeed in school, in work, and in life. Community college students are among the most important yet least supported of this country's undergraduate population. Community colleges offer pathways to meaningful careers and, often, an on-ramp to four-year universities. Yet, lacking critical resources, most students never graduate. It is stunning how little is available to this vital and vibrant group of students. One Million Degrees changes the odds entirely. Our groundbreaking program – innovative, personalized, uniquely effective – delivers the kind of meaningful support that is transforming lives and creating a pattern of positive change that will echo for generations. This is what works.