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Monday, November 27, 2023
How to Execute a Statewide FAFSA Summit: Lessons Learned from Four States »
Reading time: 13 minutes Ever since the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) attended Idaho's statewide FAF...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Equitable and Road to Hire are Closing the FAFSA Gap »
By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Four minutes Last year, $3.58 bil...
Monday, September 11, 2023
Connecticut Collaborators Offer Successful Statewide FAFSA Completion Approach »
By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Seven minutes Connecticut has bee...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
NCAN & Members Examine How to Use Chatbots for “FAFSA & Beyond” »
By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Seven minutes Technologies like c...
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Commentary: Idaho Hosted Its First Statewide FAFSA Summit; Your State Should, Too »
Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Five minutes More than two-dozen sta...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Scholarship Programs Can Achieve More Equitable Outcomes »
By Colette Hadley, Senior Director of Consulting Services  Reading time: Two minutes     &nbs...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Implementing Effective Workplace Learning Opportunities: Preparing Students & Employers for Success »
Reading Time: 4 min. Encouraging students to participate in workplace learning opportunities is an integral part...
Thursday, June 23, 2022
How To Engage Your Program Alumni in Career Advising »
Reading time: 3-4 min. One element of providing career advising services to postsecondary students is engaging pr...
Monday, May 9, 2022
How a Startup Peer Mentoring Circle Got Practitioners Through Turmoil During COVID »
Reading time: 6 min. In the midst of uncertainty and unprecedented isolation, a group of college access practitio...
Monday, April 25, 2022
Earn to Learn, Partner to Win »
Reading time: 3 min. (Photo by fauxels from Pexels) NCAN member Earn to Learn , based in Tucson, Arizona,...
Friday, February 18, 2022
Delaware Highlights Opportunities for State-Nonprofit Partnership with 'Stand By Me' Program »
Reading time: 6 min. A joint venture between the state of Delaware and the United Way of Delaware is providing...
Friday, September 10, 2021
Springfield Public Schools Finds Willing Partners for Improving Postsecondary Outcomes »
Reading time: 5 min. Members, partners, and friends of NCAN know that COVID-19 has thrown immense hurdles in the...
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Invest Forward is the Playbook for Expanding Postsecondary Pathways with Stimulus Dollars »
Reading time: 4 min. Anyone paying attention to NCAN’s blog in recent months knows we think that the Elementary...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
How NCAN Members Can Leverage ARP Funds to Support Districts, Schools, and Students »
Reading time: 2-3 min. A recent NCAN webinar explored how NCAN members can, and should, approach K-12 districts...
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Summer is the Time for K-12 and Higher Ed to Be Friends »
Reading time: 4 min. (Note: This post was originally published June 3, 2021. As of June 1, 2022 it has been revi...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
K-12 and CBOs Should Use Federal Funding to Spur Partnerships, Help Students »
Reading time: 6 min. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated more than $190 billion in aid to...
Monday, April 19, 2021
How 4 Organizations Built Impactful Partnerships with Higher Ed »
Reading time: 5-6 min. By Zenia Henderson, Director of Member & Partner Engagement NCAN established the...
Friday, December 4, 2020
COVID Is Worsening College Access Disparities; Here's What Needs to Happen to Reverse This Trend »
By Bob Obrohta, Executive Director, Tennessee College Access and Success Network The numbers are in, and what we expec...
Monday, August 17, 2020
5 Considerations for Schools Working with Postsecondary Planning Partners »
By Zenia Henderson, Director of Member & Partner Engagement As school districts across the country continue to ass...
Thursday, June 25, 2020
New Must-Read Guide Provides Roadmap to Improving District, CAO Advising Practices »
Sure, you’ve seen consulting reports before. Click on them, skim them, and file them away. But Bellwether Education Partne...
Monday, May 25, 2020
Tacoma Community Partners Ask Seniors, 'What’s Next?' Then Connect Them with Support »
It will take a concerted effort from a lot of partners in communities across the country to keep the class of 2020 on trac...
Monday, February 24, 2020
Achieve Atlanta and Atlanta Public Schools Launch Match & Fit List Builder »
By Janai Raphael, Graduate Assistant for Research and Data Analysis Earlier this month, Achieve Atlanta and Atlanta...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
How PEF-Chattanooga Uses Data and Partnerships to Improve Student Outcomes »
By Janai Raphael, Graduate Assistant for Research and Data Analysis In 2018, 20 school districts and nonprofits receiv...
Thursday, October 31, 2019
6 Reasons to Unite Child Savings Accounts and College Access-Success Programs »
In a new report co-written by the National College Access Network and Prosperity Now, " The Power of Connecting Children’s...
Friday, October 18, 2019
Taking Stock of the College Access and Success Movement: A Conversation with Grantmakers »
We “always hear ‘college isn’t worth it’,” said Paul J. Luna, president and CEO of Helios Education Foundation and an NCAN...
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Rural Student Success Resources: 2 Conferences Highlight Rural College Access »
Two conferences, one past and one forthcoming, highlight a growing momentum around college access and success in rural com...
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Nashville and Cleveland Demonstrate Reporting District Outcomes at Scale »
That NCAN members across the country are making a difference in students’ lives every day as these students work to access...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
How Iowa College Aid Provides Student-Specific FAFSA Completion Data to Schools »
By guest bloggers Christina Sibaouih, MAISD, and Jamie Covell, MSW, of Iowa College Aid The mission to provide st...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
How Can Nonprofits Partner with Higher Education? »
How do college-nonprofit partnerships develop, and what fosters them? These critical questions were the focus of “Highe...