KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sidney Richardson admitted she never would have applied to Yale University without encouragement from Kansas City, Missouri, Public Schools’ College Access Coordinator Joyce Nguyen ...

College Possible, the national nonprofit dedicated to improving college access and success by students from low-income backgrounds, will use a $1 million grant from the CRM software firm Salesforce to ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – More than 2,000 high school students celebrated their commitment to higher education Tuesday at the Access College Foundation College Commitment Day at Chartway Arena. Access ...

The Public Education Foundation has announced a recent merger with the local College Access Center. “This merger is just common sense,” said PEF President Dan Challener. “PEF’s College Access ...

Do you have a teenager who's thinking about college? If so, then mark your calendar for College Access Day on Saturday, Aug. 9. This in-person event, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the ...

Which obstacle blocks students more from making a successful transition from school to college: preparation or financial need? That is an underlying question that runs through many debates about how ...

Most American college students attend broad-access institutions, or public colleges and universities that admit at least 80 percent of applicants. Yet millions of people live in communities without ...

The challenges related to “college access” go well beyond being accepted into post-secondary programs to include the hurdles that prevent many students, particularly minority and low-income students, ...

Johns Hopkins University will host its second College Access Day later this month, an event designed to help employees who have children thinking about attending college navigate the admissions ...

Educational institutions across the country are embracing a rise in Early College programs, which can offer many prospective students a head start on a college by simultaneously earning university ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on issues in higher ed including access and economic mobility. Andrés Castillo Quintana was born in Lima, Peru, and ...

Q uestions regarding the value of a college education have spiked recently, highlighted by high-profile media coverage. Beyond the hype, three substantive attacks have been levied: (1) the college ...