September 3, 2020 • 7 mins
A college diploma is the best ticket to upward mobility. But while many lower-income students plan to go to college, they often fail to attend because they lack information and guidance. The nonprofit College Advising Corps provides these students with the advice and support they need to make college a reality. We talk to CAC founder Nicole Hurd and Bank of America’s Kerry Sullivan.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to this episode of Here's Something Good, a production
of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and I Heart Radio.
Each day we aspire to bring you the good news,
the silver lining, the glass half full, because there is
good happening in the world everywhere, every day, we just
need to look for and share it. Here's something good
(00:27):
for today. For low income students, a college education is
the gateway to a better job and a better future.
And many students are excited to make plans to attend
college after high school. But then something gets in the way.
It could be insufficient financial aid, missed application deadlines, or
a lack of guidance, and the plans evaporate. Educators refer
(00:50):
to this as the quote summer melt. It's a great loss.
It's a loss for students, it's a loss for their communities,
and it's a loss for the country. All that ambition
and potential that won't get optimized. Now, some statistics show
summer melt to be as highest fort That means that
four out of ten low incomes students who want to
attend college won't be able to this year. Not surprisingly,
(01:13):
the melt is expected to be even greater. This is
due in part to a widespread recession and uncertainty over
college reopening plans. That's why the work of one nonprofit
is more urgent than ever. Since two thousand and seven,
the National College Advising Corps or c a C has
been helping students from diverse backgrounds get into college and
stay there until they get their degree. Over the years,
(01:35):
c a C has grown to America's largest college access
program and it's helped hundreds of thousands of young people
navigate the college process, and its students are more likely
than average to be accepted to a college or university. Today,
we talked to Nicole Herd, founder and CEO of College
Advising Corps about why this work is so important. We
(01:56):
created a C because if everybody thinks back at the
cheers of lives, there's always points for unique good advice.
College Advising Core was founded because the counselor to student
ratio in this country is four to one. So if
you think about the caseload of a counselor what they
need to do in terms of supporting students, emotional support,
psychological support, scheduling, academic support, and you add the college
(02:18):
going process in there, that's a lot to ask of
any one person, and we all know that without good advice,
we don't make good decisions. And so College Advice Core
was absolutely born out of the idea of all of
our students make good advice. How do we get that
good advice to them and delivered through near peers, young
people who look like, talk like, comes from similar communities,
so that that advice really resuues. The most profound way
(02:41):
to break the cycle property is education. And so when
we think about listening up our students and making sure
they have access to opportunity, there is no greater multiplier
than actually getting a college degree, and so we want
to make sure every student weathers a workforce potential, whether
it's a community college degree or whether it's a four
year degree, every student has that access point and then
have success in that institution. Because if we look at
(03:04):
things that we all care about is the country. If
you look at access to healthcare, if you look at
access specific participation in voting, if you look at access
to economic mobility, all of those indicators go in the
right direction if someone has a college education. So for
our organization, our mission is really around making sure all
students have access to the opportunity, access to education, and
(03:24):
there are low income student knows that's the way to
break that cycle of poverty is to make that investment
in themselves and go to college. I think the foremost
important words that we stay to any students I believe
in you. We all need to hear that we can
make it through this. We all need to hear that
we have got beauty and power, and we need to
be able to show the world what we have. And
so those words, when we say this to our students,
(03:44):
I think it's one of those moments where the confidence
comes back, the fact that covide is not gonna knock
them down. We're not gonna let anything get in the
way of our students really achieving the potential. We also
spoke to Carrie Sullivan, President of the Bank of America Foundation,
a key supply order of our partnership with College Advising
Cores really started because we were a big supporter of
(04:06):
National Service. And I love these programs because they have
a double bottom line, and College Advising Cores actually worked
with their core members are students who are graduating from college.
Most of those students who apply, come to find out,
are also first generation college students, and allows them to
give back to their community and really encourage other students
(04:27):
to follow in their footsteps and you know, go on
to college and get a degree. And one of the
big sumbling blocks obviously for law income students is the
fear and the affordability of school that you know, filling
out that financial aid form can be daunting and taking
on debts can be daunting. So their work and their
certual experience that often helps those students. So when I
(04:48):
say double bottom line, students that are core members are
getting excited and they're learning about building skills basically that
will be with them for the next job and their
next opportunity in life. And they're helping students who looked
a lot like them for or five years ago. Really
makes the transition from high schools college. So it really
(05:09):
was a great math And in addition to supporting national service,
which is a lot of our partners have an Americal component,
I think the thing that really attracted to us it
really was making a difference in terms of intergenerational poverty.
Really having individuals go on to college, particularly first generation,
changes a family's trajectory in life, not only their lives
(05:31):
but their children's flies, et cetera. So you know, I
think of it as a long term partnership. And the
other piece that connects to our work is um You know,
we are a financial institutions very focused on that our
money habits and really helping people, you know, plan out
their financial lives. And those skills are not intuitive skills.
We really need to learn them and we we have
(05:54):
leveraged that platform with their advisors as well, so you know,
it's not only going to come ledge and taking on debt,
it's really figuring out how you manage your money to
your advantage. So a lot of great synergies across what
we want to do in the community as well as
they're still set here in the company. What an incredible program.
(06:14):
Every student who wants to attend college should be able
to and see a C is making that happen. So
here's something good for today. A college education is one
of the surest ways to break the cycle of poverty.
As Nicole heard says, there is no greater multiplier than
a college diploma, and it's great to know that c
a C is helping underserved students achieve that dream and
(06:36):
young people especially need advice in order to succeed, whether
in college or in life, and there are a few
things more powerful than the notion of reaching back and
helping those coming behind you. Of c ACS advisors were
low income college students themselves, and we're first in their
class to go to college. What a wonderful way to
(06:58):
give back and move forward. To get involved, go to
Advising Corps dot org and to learn more about the
program's Bank of America support, visit Bank of America dot
com slash Workforce Development. Have a great day, Thank you
(07:22):
for listening, and please share today's something Good with others
in your life. This is Kim Azzarelli, co author of
Fast Forward and co founder of Seneca Women. To learn
more about Seneca Women, go to Seneca Women dot com
or download the Seneca Women app free in the app store.
Care Something Good is a production of the Seneca Women
podcast network and I Heart Radio. Have a Great Day.
(07:50):
For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, check out the
I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
Welcome to this episode of Here's Something Good, a production
of the Seneca Women Podcast Network and I Heart Radio.
Each day we aspire to bring you the good news,
the silver lining, the glass half full, because there is
good happening in the world everywhere, every day, we just
need to look for and share it. Here's something good
(00:27):
for today. For low income students, a college education is
the gateway to a better job and a better future.
And many students are excited to make plans to attend
college after high school. But then something gets in the way.
It could be insufficient financial aid, missed application deadlines, or
a lack of guidance, and the plans evaporate. Educators refer
(00:50):
to this as the quote summer melt. It's a great loss.
It's a loss for students, it's a loss for their communities,
and it's a loss for the country. All that ambition
and potential that won't get optimized. Now, some statistics show
summer melt to be as highest fort That means that
four out of ten low incomes students who want to
attend college won't be able to this year. Not surprisingly,
(01:13):
the melt is expected to be even greater. This is
due in part to a widespread recession and uncertainty over
college reopening plans. That's why the work of one nonprofit
is more urgent than ever. Since two thousand and seven,
the National College Advising Corps or c a C has
been helping students from diverse backgrounds get into college and
stay there until they get their degree. Over the years,
(01:35):
c a C has grown to America's largest college access
program and it's helped hundreds of thousands of young people
navigate the college process, and its students are more likely
than average to be accepted to a college or university. Today,
we talked to Nicole Herd, founder and CEO of College
Advising Corps about why this work is so important. We
(01:56):
created a C because if everybody thinks back at the
cheers of lives, there's always points for unique good advice.
College Advising Core was founded because the counselor to student
ratio in this country is four to one. So if
you think about the caseload of a counselor what they
need to do in terms of supporting students, emotional support,
psychological support, scheduling, academic support, and you add the college
(02:18):
going process in there, that's a lot to ask of
any one person, and we all know that without good advice,
we don't make good decisions. And so College Advice Core
was absolutely born out of the idea of all of
our students make good advice. How do we get that
good advice to them and delivered through near peers, young
people who look like, talk like, comes from similar communities,
so that that advice really resuues. The most profound way
(02:41):
to break the cycle property is education. And so when
we think about listening up our students and making sure
they have access to opportunity, there is no greater multiplier
than actually getting a college degree, and so we want
to make sure every student weathers a workforce potential, whether
it's a community college degree or whether it's a four
year degree, every student has that access point and then
have success in that institution. Because if we look at
(03:04):
things that we all care about is the country. If
you look at access to healthcare, if you look at
access specific participation in voting, if you look at access
to economic mobility, all of those indicators go in the
right direction if someone has a college education. So for
our organization, our mission is really around making sure all
students have access to the opportunity, access to education, and
(03:24):
there are low income student knows that's the way to
break that cycle of poverty is to make that investment
in themselves and go to college. I think the foremost
important words that we stay to any students I believe
in you. We all need to hear that we can
make it through this. We all need to hear that
we have got beauty and power, and we need to
be able to show the world what we have. And
so those words, when we say this to our students,
(03:44):
I think it's one of those moments where the confidence
comes back, the fact that covide is not gonna knock
them down. We're not gonna let anything get in the
way of our students really achieving the potential. We also
spoke to Carrie Sullivan, President of the Bank of America Foundation,
a key supply order of our partnership with College Advising
Cores really started because we were a big supporter of
(04:06):
National Service. And I love these programs because they have
a double bottom line, and College Advising Cores actually worked
with their core members are students who are graduating from college.
Most of those students who apply, come to find out,
are also first generation college students, and allows them to
give back to their community and really encourage other students
(04:27):
to follow in their footsteps and you know, go on
to college and get a degree. And one of the
big sumbling blocks obviously for law income students is the
fear and the affordability of school that you know, filling
out that financial aid form can be daunting and taking
on debts can be daunting. So their work and their
certual experience that often helps those students. So when I
(04:48):
say double bottom line, students that are core members are
getting excited and they're learning about building skills basically that
will be with them for the next job and their
next opportunity in life. And they're helping students who looked
a lot like them for or five years ago. Really
makes the transition from high schools college. So it really
(05:09):
was a great math And in addition to supporting national service,
which is a lot of our partners have an Americal component,
I think the thing that really attracted to us it
really was making a difference in terms of intergenerational poverty.
Really having individuals go on to college, particularly first generation,
changes a family's trajectory in life, not only their lives
(05:31):
but their children's flies, et cetera. So you know, I
think of it as a long term partnership. And the
other piece that connects to our work is um You know,
we are a financial institutions very focused on that our
money habits and really helping people, you know, plan out
their financial lives. And those skills are not intuitive skills.
We really need to learn them and we we have
(05:54):
leveraged that platform with their advisors as well, so you know,
it's not only going to come ledge and taking on debt,
it's really figuring out how you manage your money to
your advantage. So a lot of great synergies across what
we want to do in the community as well as
they're still set here in the company. What an incredible program.
(06:14):
Every student who wants to attend college should be able
to and see a C is making that happen. So
here's something good for today. A college education is one
of the surest ways to break the cycle of poverty.
As Nicole heard says, there is no greater multiplier than
a college diploma, and it's great to know that c
a C is helping underserved students achieve that dream and
(06:36):
young people especially need advice in order to succeed, whether
in college or in life, and there are a few
things more powerful than the notion of reaching back and
helping those coming behind you. Of c ACS advisors were
low income college students themselves, and we're first in their
class to go to college. What a wonderful way to
(06:58):
give back and move forward. To get involved, go to
Advising Corps dot org and to learn more about the
program's Bank of America support, visit Bank of America dot
com slash Workforce Development. Have a great day, Thank you
(07:22):
for listening, and please share today's something Good with others
in your life. This is Kim Azzarelli, co author of
Fast Forward and co founder of Seneca Women. To learn
more about Seneca Women, go to Seneca Women dot com
or download the Seneca Women app free in the app store.
Care Something Good is a production of the Seneca Women
podcast network and I Heart Radio. Have a Great Day.
(07:50):
For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, check out the
I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
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