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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Students Share Perspectives at #NCAN2025: “It's Not Easy, But It's Totally Worth It.” » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes “Being in college h...
Monday, July 21, 2025 Why Internships Matter: A First- Generation Student's Perspective » Reading Time: Three minutes July 31 is National Intern Day , a time to celebrate the contributions of interns a...
Monday, April 14, 2025 “We All Deserve Education”: What Students Had to Say About NCAN’s 2025 Leadership Summit » Reading time: 11 minutes The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) hosted its inaugural Leadership Summit in...
Friday, April 11, 2025 Two Days in DC that I’ll Never Forget: Reflecting on NCAN’s Inaugural Leadership Summit » Reading time: Three minutes I had the opportunity to attend the National College Attainment Network (NCAN)’s inaug...
Monday, September 23, 2024 Student Voices Show Benefits of Expanding Student Supports » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes Above: From left...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Test Anxiety and the Student’s Struggle » By Nicklas Bara, MD/MBA student at Michigan State University Reading time: Four minutes Students struggle with...
Friday, March 29, 2024 The Power of Collective Student Voice: Stories from NCAN’s Hill Day » Reading time: Five minutes Having held over 100 meetings with Congressional offices and representing 25 states, memb...
Monday, October 30, 2023 Member-Served Students’ Voices Add to NCAN 2023 » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Five minutes National College Attain...
Thursday, August 10, 2023 Students’ Experiences Shape Their Actions and Outcomes; How Do We Consider Them? » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes More than a decad...
Monday, April 10, 2023 Washington GEAR UP Hears from Students Through Advisory Group » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes “I feel li...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Student Panel at NCAN 2022 Confronts U.S. Affordability Crisis » By: Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes “We want to ge...
Thursday, April 21, 2022 An Open Letter to the Immigrant Student Applying to College » By Nirmal Bhatt Reading time: 2-3 min. Dear immigrant student, If you want to go to college in the Unite...
Thursday, December 9, 2021 Karina: From Rehab to College » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Karina didn't have perfect grades, but completing her Free Application for Feder...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Congress Should Double the Pell Grant to Improve College Affordability and Students’ Lives » Reading time: 2 min. By Edgar Montoya, 2021 graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, College Possible Oma...
Friday, October 22, 2021 3 Crucial Steps to Create a More Accessible Pathway to Medical School » Reading time: 4-5 min. By Denye Mickens, John B. Ervin Scholar and 2021 graduate of Washington University in St....
Monday, October 4, 2021 Pell Grants and Scholarships Helped Me Pursue a Career I Love; Let's Help More Students Do the Same » Reading time: 3 min. By Augustine Jimenez, Boston University, Class of 2020, and Achieve Atlanta Scholar The...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Doubling the Pell Grant Could Lead to Higher Graduation Rates for Foster Youth » Reading time: 3 min. By Alishba Sardar, Class of 2023 UC Berkeley, NorCal Promise Fellow, and Students Rising A...
Friday, July 23, 2021 Colleges Can Do More To Raise Awareness of Emergency Aid Resources » Reading time: 3-4 min. By Tiffany Xie, Student at Tufts University and LEDA Policy Corps Member With an inte...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Invisible Labor of BIPOC Students » Reading time: 4-5 min. By Stephanie Tavares, LEDA Policy Corps member and student at Boston University We...
Saturday, April 17, 2021 Camryn: Becoming More Than a Statistic » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: A College Now advisor got Camryn thinking about funding options beyond an at...
Monday, March 22, 2021 Tyshae: Not Shy About Asking for Help » Reading time: Three minutes Takeaway: Encouragement from her college advisor made all the difference for Tyshae w...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Simplifying the Financial Aid Application Process Will Help More Students Like Me Access College » By Alishba Sardar, UC Berkeley Class of 2023 and student member of Students Rising Above The Free Application for Fed...
Monday, November 16, 2020 Why Doubling the Pell Grant is Critical Amid This Global Pandemic » By Panhaneath Seng, Alumna of Northwestern University and Operation Jump Start, Long Beach, California I was beyond gr...
Thursday, September 10, 2020 Rashid: Escaping Civil War for a Better Future » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Rashid's family moved to the US to escape the civil war in Kenya. Learning a...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 A Recent Graduate’s Perspective: How Higher Ed Institutions Can Better Support First-Gen Students » By María Guadalupe Romo-González, recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley and member of the LEDA Policy Cor...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The Power Higher Ed Institutions Can Have in Supporting Undocumented Students » By Willian De Faria, Student at the University of Notre Dame and Member of the LEDA Policy Corps As a full-time stud...
Thursday, February 27, 2020 Katie: Deciding If College is Worth It » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Katie's advice is don't assume you won't qualify for anything. A Free Applic...
Thursday, December 19, 2019 Zachary: Building a Stable Future for Myself » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: The Educational Talent Search helped Zachary navigate the Free Application f...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Christina: The Cost of College Won’t Hold Me Back » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Christina's Honduran-born mom was reluctant to complete the Free Application...
Thursday, February 7, 2019 Manny: Growing Up in a Family with Mixed Immigration Status » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Manny's parents have mixed immigration status. One-on-one help from a counse...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Kyron: Better Late Than Never » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: A presentation from the principal at his school on the Free Application for...
Monday, December 17, 2018 Alana: Leaving Home to Pursue Nursing » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Following the Project GRAD workshop instructions on what documentation to br...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Liliana: Ignoring People Who Said I Couldn’t Do It » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Liliana found the answers to her parent income questions and the additional...
Thursday, November 1, 2018 Danica: Leaving High School with No Regrets » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Danica had a difficult upbringing with her biological parents. A counselor h...
Saturday, October 27, 2018 Farhat: Making My Family Proud » Reading time: Four minutes Takeaway: Farhat, daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, brought her dad to Heart of Los...
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