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Monday, January 13, 2025 New Study: College Savings Accounts Closed Enrollment Gaps by One-Third » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes A new stud...
Monday, January 13, 2025 Retired, Not Tired: Leveraging Retired Educators to Boost College Enrollment » Reading time: Five minutes College access professionals are constantly trying to break down numerous barriers for...
Sunday, January 12, 2025 How to Connect Developmental Theory and Practice to Improve Postsecondary Advising » By Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer , Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development and Education, Harvard Graduat...
Monday, January 6, 2025 NCAN Launches Resource Center for Supporting Justice-Impacted Students » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, and Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy Reading time:...
Friday, December 13, 2024 Financial Aid for Students Seeking to Enroll in Prison Education Programs » Reading time: Five minutes A key component for incarcerated students’ ability to participate in Prison Education P...
Friday, December 13, 2024 Retention Support for Students Enrolled in Prison Education Programs » Reading time: Nine minutes This content is excerpted from a conversation between Patrick Rodriguez and NCAN Asc...
Friday, December 13, 2024 Navigating Technology Policies to Equip Your Students » Reading time: Five minutes Technology is a foundational part of today’s education landscape, yet for justice-invol...
Friday, December 13, 2024 Supporting Justice-Impacted Students Through Re-Entry and Post-Release » Reading time: Eight minutes While the most urgent needs for most individuals going through re-entry include housin...
Friday, December 13, 2024 Career Support for Justice-Impacted Students Once They Complete a Degree » Reading time: Three minutes One of the most important parts of re-entry for justice-impacted students is finding e...
Monday, December 2, 2024 Enhance College Decision-Making with the Latest College Scorecard Toolkits » By Roberto J. Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development at the US Department o...
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Common App’s Early Application Trends Reveal Encouraging Signs for Underserved Students » Reading time: Four minutes A new report from Common App tracking first-year application trends through Novembe...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Tempe CCR Framework, Sequence Offer Models for Other Districts, Schools » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes A grade six-12 coll...
Friday, November 8, 2024 How the Sweet Magnolia Bus Tour Supports College and Career Readiness in Mississippi » Reading time: Six minutes In 2022, the Mississippi Department of Education required all high schools in the state...
Thursday, October 31, 2024 Young Men United: Empowering Futures » Reading time: Five minutes At the 2024 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) National Conference , the Youn...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 BigFuture School: Giving Students Control of Their Planning » By Richard Green, Executive Director, BigFuture Community, The College Board Reading time: Three minutes The e...
Thursday, October 17, 2024 CalKIDS: Helping Students Access and Attainment Higher Ed » Reading time: Six minutes During the 2024 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) National Conference , the S...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 How States Engage K-12 Schools and Districts in Postsecondary Pathways Programming » Reading time: Three minutes Recently, 15 state partners from the National College Attainment Network’s (NCAN) Post...
Monday, October 14, 2024 Updated “4 for Their Future” Brief Offers Approaches for Districts, High Schools » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes An updated National...
Monday, October 14, 2024 New Framework Asks, “How Can Districts Enable Postsecondary Success?” » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes A new framework fo...
Friday, October 11, 2024 NCAN Updates K-12 College & Career Readiness Calendar » Reading time: 2 min. This post was originally published in January 2021 and has been updated in October 2024....
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Reengaging Adults and Some College, No Degree Students to Postsecondary Pathways » Reading time: Three minutes The 2024 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) National Conference was filled t...
Friday, October 4, 2024 New Resource: NCAN, Presidents’ Alliance, TFA, Launch Guide for Supporting Undocumented Students » Reading time: Two minutes Over the course of the last year, the National College Attainment Network (NCAN)...
Monday, September 30, 2024 College Access and Success for Justice-Impacted Students » By Patrick Rodriguez, Co-Executive Director of the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison and Catherine Brown,...
Friday, September 27, 2024 To AND Through: A Recap of the Postsecondary Success Sessions at #NCAN2024 » By Simone Pringle, Program Associate Reading time: Five minutes While trying to recover from college e...
Monday, September 23, 2024 OneGoal Postsecondary Readiness Rubrics Are Must-See for Every District, School » This post was originally published on October 22, 2020 but has been updated. Bill DeBaun, Senior Director...
Monday, August 12, 2024 The Expanding Impact of Children's Savings Accounts » Reading time: Four minutes Children's Savings Accounts (CSAs) have been gaining traction as a crucial tool for fos...
Monday, July 29, 2024 Earn To Lean Helps Students Save for College » By Kate Hoffman, Founder and CEO, Earn to Learn Reading time: Two minutes College accessibility is top of mind...
Monday, July 22, 2024 CalKIDS Program Tackles Racial Wealth Gap While Helping Make College Affordable » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes In 2022, California creat...
Friday, June 21, 2024 Rethinking Leadership: Engaging the Whole Staff in Postsecondary Support » By Ally Levy, Senior Director of College Inquiry and Whole School Partnerships, and Richard Robinson, College Inquiry Coac...
Monday, June 10, 2024 Caring for College and Career Readiness Advisors After a Year Like No Other » By Ezequiel Jimenez, Program Intern, and Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Program Associate Reading time: Six minutes...
Friday, May 31, 2024 It’s Home, But Different: Helping Students Navigate Changing Relationships During College » Reading time: Four minutes As advisors, coaches, and counselors, we play a crucial role in helping students transi...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Free PERTS Tools Can Drive Growth Mindsets, Social Belonging » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes The National Colleg...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Rethinking Postsecondary Advising: Ensuring Individualized Support for All » By Janice Bloom, Co-Director, College Access: Research & Action (CARA) Reading time: Seven minutes 50...
Monday, May 13, 2024 New State Finance Report: Higher Ed Spending Up, Student Share Down » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Five minutes In a year when National Co...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 How to Offer Summer Supports to Students to Drive FAFSA, Combat Melt » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives, and David LaNore, Program Manager Reading time: Fiv...
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