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College-bound St. Louis County Seniors Get Boost from Advising Corps
November 14, 2008 , St. Louis Post-Dispatch - By Steve Giegerich Jennings - Looking back, Antoinette Roberts...
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Teens Get Early Start Towards College
November 14, 2008 , News 14 Carolina Going to college has been Jones' dream since she was a little girl. Now...
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Program Improves College Access, Instills Passion for Service
November 4, 2008 , America.gov - By Jeffrey Thomas Washington - Nicole Hurd first thought of the idea for the...
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Lillian O'Donnell Helps Students Realize Their College Dreams
October 31, 2008 , America.gov - By Jeffrey Thomas Lillian O'Donnell works in Massachusetts at East Boston High...
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Advisers help students in Challenge High Schools
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Newsletter Achievement Zone high school students have one more resource to help...
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Student Adviser Dexter Robinson Shows Way to Higher Education
October 28, 2008 , America.gov - By Jeffrey Thomas The National College Advising Corps (NCAC) is an initiative...
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Recent College Grads Guide High-Schoolers
October 25, 2008 , Lancaster Online.com - By Brian Wallace Shane Charles, a senior at Manheim Central High...
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New Graduates Show Students Path to Higher Education
October 23, 2008 , America.gov - By Jeffrey Thomas In 2006, the University of Virginia (UVA) created a program...
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Abren puertas a jovenes para continuar estudios superiores
October 21, 2008 , Mi Gente El programa Carolina Advising Corps fue creado en 2007 para ayudar a...
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Campus groups join forces to expand college access
October 7, 2008 , The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, NC - By C. Ryan Barber Two of the University's foremost...
Spotlight on Service
In my role as a college adviser with the Brown chapter of the National College Advising Corps, it's hard to ignore the sheer desire to go to college among the young people with whom I work. Unfortunately, because of the barriers in opportunity facing these students, many will no longer see these college dreams as reality by their senior year. Within four years, many of these hopeful hands will be lowered quietly to their desks.
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