Topic: Pathways to College & Careers

Many Determined College Students Are Also Dedicated Parents: A Preview of the Student Parent Affordability Report

article-cropped August 09, 2022 by Brittani Williams

The typical image of a college student is a fresh-faced freshman right out of high school, right? But that doesn’t reflect today’s reality. In fact, more than one-fifth of all…

Formerly Incarcerated People Deserve Second Chances. I’m Living Proof.

article-cropped May 12, 2022 by William Freeman III

Last month was Second Chance Month, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the barriers facing justice-involved people and what having a second chance really means for a formerly incarcerated,…

Black Undergraduate Women Reflect on What Prepared Them for College

article-cropped November 29, 2021 by Janice A. Byrd

The hashtag #BlackGirlMagic was created by a Black early childhood educator named CaShawn Thompson in 2015 as a way to “celebrate the beauty, power and resilience of Black women” and…

How A School District is Helping First-Generation Students Shape Their Career Goals

article-cropped November 22, 2021 by Michael Matsuda

In California, you can often find residents from around the world. It’s the same phenomenon in the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), home to nearly 30,000 students grades 7-12,…

A New Approach to Supporting Students on Their Journey to College Graduation

article-cropped November 04, 2021 by Lindsay Peck

As her first semester of college at Delaware State University began in fall 2020, Kadiatu Mansaray had a problem: She didn’t have a computer. While the first-year college student was…

Blog Series: College and Career Readiness Through a Race-Conscious Lens

article-cropped November 01, 2021 by Jonathan Davis, Wing Yi (Winnie) Chan

Going to college or entering the workforce after graduating from high school are quintessential milestones for our nation’s students. Preparing for these key life events starts long before a student…

A New Near-Peer Coaching Program Strives to Keep Incoming Freshmen on Course

article-cropped June 10, 2021 by Paula Kashtan

The ongoing pandemic has been an incredible challenge for graduating high school seniors in virtually every way. First-generation and low-income students face daunting hurdles on the way to college even…