Improving College Access Through Digital Tools

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019)   Our Digital Equity in Education project at USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education started with a simple question: Could we make the process of applying to college and for financial aid more engaging? Our research shows that digital tools have the potential to improve college access and success. We’ve identified effective strategies for […]

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How is Technology Addressing the College Access Challenge?: A Review of the Landscape, Opportunities, and Gaps

Pullias Center for Higher Education and Get Schooled (2018) Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? This report offers a handy list, with descriptions of available tools. Created by USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and […]

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Getting In: Increasing Access to College via Mentoring

William G. Tierney, Lisa Garcia (2014) A report on the challenges and results of  a decade of hosting the Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program, which details what is necessary to maintain a successful mentoring program and what others can do to enable America’s youth to gain access to college. Categories: College Access, I AM

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