Top 11 College Access and Success Stories of 2015

Original post date: May 6, 2015

Source: Scholastic

In his new book, Jay Mathews describes how AVID “levels the playing field, helping underserved students come out ahead.” The book reviews how AVID has grown in 30 years into an organization serving 400,000 middle- and high-school students in 47 states and 16 countries.

Original post date: September 28, 2015

Source: Inside Higher Ed

College Abacus releases Pell Abacus, a tool that uses data from the White House’s College Scorecard to display college-specific information on financial factors such as average loan payments for Pell Grant recipients, the percentage of students who receive Pell Grants, and the average monthly income percentage spent on federal loan repayment after college.

Original post date: November 2, 2015

Source: Degrees of Change press release

Degrees of Change receives a significant grant to help 1,000 low-income students successfully transition to college, earn degrees, and give back to their communities.

Original post date: July 21, 2015

Source: NCAN Success Digest

Students from 26 NCAN member organizations were invited to participate in the White House’s Beat the Odds Summit. The Summit shared tools and strategies students can use to successfully transition to college and the resources they will need to persist and complete the next level of their education.

Original post date: January 20, 2015

Source: NCAN Blog

iMentor student Anthony Mendez, the first in his family to graduate from high school and attend college, attends the State of the Union address as a special guest of the First Lady of the United States.

Original post date: September 28, 2015

Source: Los Angeles Times

Get Schooled Foundation announces expansion of a texting hotline program and a $150,000 grant from AT&T Aspire to encourage NCAN members to use it in communities across the country.

Original post date: June 9, 2015

Source: NCAN Success Digest

I Know I Can and Columbus City Schools expand services to reach more than 54,000 students in the school district through its high school advising model.

Original post date: July 7, 2015

Source: NCAN Success Digest

The state of Michigan invests in a new college advising program with 40 newly hired advisers serving 50 high schools to meet growing demand.

Original post date: May 5, 2015

Source: NCAN Blog

NCAN member Stacy Lightfoot of the Public Education Foundation of Chattanooga testifies to a U.S. Senate committee on the importance of consumer information to help students pick the best fit college for them.

Original post date: June 16, 2015

Source: Boston Globe

State Street Bank announces a shift in its corporate philanthropy model through a $20 million initiative. Five area nonprofits will each receive $1 million annually from the State Street Foundation for the next four years. In return for the funding, the nonprofits have agreed to work together to help students get into college, graduate, and land full-time jobs after earning degrees. Three of the five recipients are NCAN members: Bottom Line, College Advising Corps, and uAspire.

Original post date: August 17, 2015

Source: The Atlantic

Residents of Baldwin, MI, pooled together their money to provide scholarships for everyone, and it has changed the town profoundly.