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Date: November 6 Description: The three men on this panel were sentenced to die by incarceration at a maximum security prison in the high desert of California. Each served more than 20 years in prison and was originally sentenced to life without possibility of parole. Still all three of these men pushed themselves to enroll in the first face to face bachelor's degree program for incarcerated students in the state of California. They pursued education as the path toward rehabilitation and transformation, ultimately changing the trajectory of their lives.
Join and hear how education changed them and their families. Together we will explore how college access and success leaders can all work together to improve the education of our communities and move away from mass incarceration.
We thank Ascendium Education Group for their support, which made this webinar possible.
Date: August 27 Description: Are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll)?! The 2025 NCAN National Conference in New Orleans, LA, is fast approaching, and we can’t wait to celebrate 30 years of impact with over 1,500 conference attendees! This year’s Conference schedule is packed with non-stop networking, learning, knowledge-sharing, and time to explore
amazing New Orleans.
If it’s your first time attending an NCAN Conference in person, or if it’s been a while (can you believe Indianapolis was pre-COVID-19 pandemic?), we want to ensure you have the inside scoop. Join NCAN staff for an exciting look into this year’s event
and walk away with the information you need to make the most of your Conference experience!
Which 18-Year-Olds Didn’t Enter College in Fall 2024?
Date: December 2 Description: College enrollment rates for young people had been trending down over the last five years but saw a modest bounce back in the 2023-24 academic year. The 2024 FAFSA fiasco may disrupt that positive momentum
and return us to pandemic-era declines. This downward trend disproportionately affects students of color and students from families with limited incomes who are a rising share of high school students. With the 2025-26 FAFSA opening December 1,
the stakes are high to improve upon last year’s experience for students.
NCAN has commissioned new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center to better understand where, and even whether, students matriculated this
fall. Join this briefing to understand the overall enrollment change as well as changes by institutional sector, student race/ethnicity, and neighborhood income. We will also detail enrollment changes by a student’s home state, juxtaposed with
FAFSA completion data for the high school class of 2024.
Date: August 15 Description: Our 2024 NCAN National Conference is fast approaching, and we want to ensure you have all the tips and tools to make the most of your first time at our annual gathering! Join Chief Program Officer
Zenia Henderson and Program Manager David LaNore for an exciting and informative look into this year's conference in sunny Anaheim, CA!
Five Actions to Help School Districts Deliver Effective Postsecondary Advising
Date: April 15 Description: Over the last year, a cross-sectoral team of college access and success organizations, many of them NCAN members, worked collaboratively to develop a framework for effective advising. When
school district boards and leaders commit to and enact these five critical actions, they create the systemic conditions that lead to schools’ enduring implementation of effective and equitable advising programs and practices. This webinar will
walk through these five actions, connect audiences with resources related to achieving each.
What Are States Learning About Effective Advising?
Date: April 16 Description: Research teams in Texas and Washington recently published research about what it means to deliver effective advising. This webinar will dive into these reports’ findings and recommendations, and
a Q&A with the authors will illuminate how districts and schools can shift their own advising practices to be more effective.
In It Together: How Partnerships of All Shapes and Sizes Support Students' Pathways
Date: April 17 Description: Despite the importance of partnership, getting them off the ground and sustaining them can be tricky. In this webinar, hear from three NCAN member organizations about the nuts and bolts of how
their partnerships work and what tips and tricks you can adopt or adapt to build or strengthen your own work.
Addressing Declining Male College Enrollment Rates Through Equitable Advising
Date: April 18 Description: Why aren’t young men pursuing a postsecondary education? What are states, schools, and programs doing to help them find success and close equity gaps? This presentation explores this issue from
a few different angles.
Exploring the Clearinghouse’s High School Benchmarks Report 2023
Date: November 9 Description: The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s High School Benchmarks report series provides the most current data on high school graduates’ postsecondary enrollment, persistence, and
completion outcomes.
Three Statewide Approaches to FAFSA Completion Initiatives
Date: October 10 Description: Join NCAN and state partners from Idaho, Illinois, and Mississippi for a discussion on replicable strategies, pitfalls to avoid, and what has worked best in coming together to increase
FAFSA completion.
Date: April 17 Description: This panel will convened practitioners from districts and schools who engage a variety of stakeholders in the work of college and career readiness, from teachers to support staff to community-based
organizations to parents.
Building a College and Career Readiness Team and Monitoring the Work
Date: April 18 Description: This webinar is a deep dive into OneGoal's district- and school-level postsecondary readiness rubrics and a discussion of how they’re putting this tool to use in the field.
Implementing a College and Career Readiness Curriculum
Date: April 19 Description: This webinar walks through how to incorporate a grade-by-grade college and career readiness framework in your district or school modeled on Illinois' PaCE Framework.
Many Paths to Success: Navigating Among Students' College and Career Choice
Date: April 20 Description: This webinar details how to help students understand their full range of options while encouraging them toward those that will lead most often to a successful outcome.
Date: April 21 Description: This webinar, a collaboration with TheDream.US, explores the challenges facing DREAMers and undocumented students more broadly in a post-COVID-19 pandemic, post-DACA world.
