Sentences with phrase «national college advising»

Founded in 2005 by CEO Dr. Nicole Hurd, the National College Advising Corps (CAC) is a unique college access initiative that provides widespread access to college counseling services for minority, low - income, and first - generation students.

* Clarification: This story has been updated to include information about The Jack Kent Cook foundation, which is a shared funder of the national College Advising Corps and The Hechinger Report.

This «Research - to - Practice» brief synthesizes scholarly research on college choice, fit and match, features an interview with the National College Advising Corps, and serves as a tangible resource to practitioners working to improve student success and retention in college.

Serving An Additional 80,000 Students Through the National College Advising Corps: The National College Advising Corps is announcing new commitments from partner universities that will provide more than 80,000 students over three years with college counseling that has shown effectiveness in increasing college enrollment.

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In 2014, Reach Higher hosted a national convening at Harvard University that brought experts from the field together to discuss how to better support school counselors and college advising in their efforts to help every student reach their fullest potential.

New study looks at the use of performance assessments for both k - 12 learning and college admission, placement and advising; lays foundation for first - ever national initiative to align k - 12 performance assessment with higher education

Building on our work with CPAC, LPI, and EducationCounsel, we have launched a new national initiative that brings together K - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders to support the expansion of high - quality performance assessment systems, and their use in college admissions, placement, and advising.

With an average national school counselor - to - student ratio of nearly 1 - to - 500, school counselors struggle to support every student who seeks college and career advising assistance.

Launched in 2005 with Jack Kent Cooke Foundation support, the College Advising Corps has grown from 14 advisers at a university supported organization (originally based at the University of Virginia and later based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) l) into a national, award - winning, independent 501 (c)(3) organization.

Dr. Lee is also a member of the Professional Development Committee of the National Academic Advising Association as well as a member of the Directorate of the CCAPS of the American College Personnel Association.