Your Students
Arrive Prepared.
College Edge
Keeps Them There.
A clinical partnership that adds Emotional Intelligence and Communication Mapping assessment, individual debrief, and a 10-month cohort program to your college counseling infrastructure. Every tier includes a weekly group community persistence call.
Schedule a Partnership CallWhy This Is an Institutional Investment
Protect the Outcomes You Already Produce
Your school spends $40,000 to $70,000 per student per year preparing them academically. College Edge protects that investment by ensuring students arrive at college emotionally equipped to stay.
Alumni Giving Starts With Graduation
Students who graduate give. The NAIS median independent school raises $1.51 million annually. Every additional graduation is a future alumni donor. College Edge is an advancement investment with a 20-year return.
Own the Data in Your Market
No competitor in the Southeast delivers validated EI and Communication Mapping assessments to private upper school students with clinician-educator delivery. Your school holds data no competitor has.
D1 Athletes Graduate
at 85%. Here Is Why.
NCAA Division I student-athletes graduate at 85%, which is 23 points above the national average. Not because they are academically stronger than their peers. Because they receive exactly what College Edge provides: structured weekly accountability, individualized advisors, and a support system that tracks emotional and academic health throughout the year.
College Edge is that infrastructure, clinically validated, emotionally grounded, and available to every student in your cohort.
6-YEAR GRADUATION RATES
Source: NSCRC 2024, NCAA 2024, Pell Institute 2024.
Foundation. Growth. Premier.
| What Is Included | Foundation $28,000-$35,000/yr | Growth $52,000-$65,000/yr | Premier $85,000-$100,000/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student cohorts per year | 1 cohort, up to 15 | 2 cohorts, up to 30 | 3 cohorts, up to 45 |
| EI Assessment for all students | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Communication Mapping for all students | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Individual clinical debrief (45 min) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10 monthly cohort sessions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly group community persistence call | ✓ Every student | ✓ Every student | ✓ Every student |
| Aggregate outcome report | Annual | Semester | Full-year report + briefing call |
| Faculty EI and DISC workshop | Not included | ✓ One workshop | ✓ Two workshops |
| Annual strategy session with Dr. Thurman | Not included | Not included | ✓ |
| Founding Partner designation | Not included | Not included | ✓ |
| Multi-year discount | 5% Yr2, 10% Yr3 | 5% Yr2, 10% Yr3 | 5% Yr2, 10% Yr3 |
Your Alumni Giving
Problem Starts Here.
College Edge
Addresses It Here.
Alumni donor counts fell for the fourth consecutive year in fiscal 2025. The donors disappearing are predominantly younger graduates whose enrollment experience did not build a lasting institutional bond.
Sense of belonging during enrollment is the single strongest predictor of alumni giving, stronger than income, stronger than grades, stronger than solicitation frequency.
Beyond Cohorts.
Built for the Long Term.
Premier is structured for the head of school whose responsibility extends past program delivery to board governance, advancement strategy, and long-term institutional positioning. It is the same College Edge program at the largest scale, with six additions that no other tier carries.
Founding Partner Designation
The first cohort of Premier partner schools is recognized in TGG's published materials and on the TGG website as Founding Partners of the College Edge program. This is a permanent, named recognition that later partners cannot receive. Listed with the partner school's permission.
Annual Strategy Session With Dr. Thurman
A 90-minute private working session each year between Dr. Thurman, your head of school, and your college counseling director. Focused on your cohort's outcomes, the year ahead, and any specific institutional considerations on the table.
Annual Cohort Outcome Report and Briefing Call
A substantive year-end report on your Premier cohort: pre/post EQ-i 2.0 subscale movement, individual debrief completion, and exit self-assessment data. Delivered with a 30-minute briefing call between Dr. Thurman and your head of school ahead of your spring board meeting, so trustee questions about the program can be answered with confidence.
Two Faculty Workshops Per Year
One fall workshop focused on EI in advisory and college counseling delivery. One spring workshop focused on Communication Mapping for faculty teams. Both delivered on campus by Dr. Thurman.
Named Contributor Recognition on Outcome Publications
When TGG publishes peer-reviewed or industry research that includes your cohort's de-identified aggregate data, your school is named as a contributing partner. The first publication, drawing on the Francis Marion University partnership, is expected in Fall 2026. Future publications will follow as data permits.
Priority Access to the Certified Facilitator Program
When TGG's Certified Persist Method Facilitator program launches in 2027, Premier partner schools receive first-priority enrollment access for their counseling and advisory staff. Enrollment is a paid add-on at the Founding Cohort rate, the lowest pricing tier available. This positions Premier partners to bring College Edge in-house at the year-round level under TGG licensing.
One Method.
Built for Your Whole School.
Your school partnership draws from The Persist Method, the EQ-grounded approach to persistence developed by Dr. Tremayne Thurman, OTD. The Foundation, Growth, and Premier tiers above are the institutional applied version. Your partnership can also extend into faculty development, counselor certification, and the book and workbook for incoming students.
Persist, Your Destiny Awaits
The book. A clinical and personal field guide to persistence by Dr. Tremayne Thurman, OTD. Free Chapter 1 available now. Full book launches Summer 2026. Bulk orders available for incoming junior and senior cohorts.
Get Chapter 1 Free →The Persist Workbook
The companion workbook. Practical exercises and EQ-grounded prompts. Adoptable as the curriculum companion for your College Edge cohort sessions.
The Persist Method Online
The self-paced course. Twelve modules, video lessons from Dr. Thurman, downloadable practice tools. Licensable for school LMS integration.
Senior Year Life Skills Lab
Twelve-week curriculum from Chapter 9. Sleep, money, time, food, body, communication, anchor. Pairs with your senior-year college prep programming.
College Edge Launch
The consumer summer bridge tier. For families ready to invest directly in their student's pre-college EQ work outside the school cohort.
College Edge Momentum
The consumer twelve-month tier. For your graduates already enrolled in college who need ongoing EQ coaching support.
College Edge Persist Advantage
The consumer premium twelve-month tier. For families ready to invest in the most comprehensive coaching engagement through Year 1 of college.
The Persist Workshop
The institutional engagement. Half-day, full-day, and multi-day programs for faculty, college counseling teams, advancement staff, and trustees. Built into Growth and Premier school contracts.
Certified Facilitator Program
For school counselors, advisors, and faculty who want to deliver The Persist Method at your school year-round under TGG licensing.
Let Us Talk About Your School.
A 20-minute call is enough to know whether this partnership is the right fit. We will walk through the tier structure and what a pilot cohort looks like for your program.
Schedule a Partnership Call