December 7, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
Teach for America has become one of the largest job destinations for graduating college students, hiring more college seniors than Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, or General Electric, says an article in Fortune magazine (November 27).
Driven by the dedication of the nonprofit group’s founder, Wendy Kopp, Teach for America has become so successful at luring students from Ivy League and other top universities that a number of major companies — including Amgen, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Wachovia — have joined forces with the charity to recruit graduates who will first teach in America’s inner-city schools and then move into corporate positions.
One corporate executive called Teach for America “the best college recruiting organization in the U.S.”
Ms. Kopp hopes to double the number of teachers recruited to 8,000 by 2010. “We’re trying to be the top employer of recent grads in the country,” she says.
