Resources
This section contains resources for students, staff, and professional development webinars that can be downloaded. Resources include reports, toolkits, articles, and white papers. Student tools include an interactive college database and information about issues that teens face.
Archived Webinars | Staff Resources
Student Resources
SUMMER
Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report (2010)
What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-income Children and Youth
COLLEGE APPLICATION TOOLS
CSO College Center - online clearinghouse of college programs and admissions information serving first-generation and other historically underserved students
NACAC College Fairs - free for students, nationwide
Supermatch Tool for Finding Colleges - allows students to personalize their college search (College Confidential)
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE RESEARCH
Advancing by Degrees: A Framework for College Completion (California State University Sacramento)
A Portrait of Low-Income Young Adults in Education (IHEP)
How High Schools Become Exemplary: Ways That Leadership Raises Achievement and Narrows Gaps by Improving Instruction in 15 Public High Schools (Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University)
SOCIAL MEDIA
A Thin Line - website that educates teens about digital abuse (MTV)
Dana Boyd - Social Media researcher at Microsoft New England who does research on teens and the media
YOUNG MEN OF COLOR
50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males (The Schott Foundation)
Recruiting and Retaining Older African American and Hispanic Boys in After-School Programs (Public/Private Ventures)
A Nation at Risk: Increasing Participation and Persistence Among African American Males to Stimulate U.S. Global Competitiveness (Journal of African American Males in Education)
Putting the "Boy Crisis" in Context (Harvard Education Letter)
Staff Resources
BEST PRACTICES
NPEA staff have compiled best practices from the 2010 conference based on the index cards conference participants filled out to reflect on workshop sessions. View/download.
DATA
Evaluation Toolkit for College Access Programs (The Pell Institute and Pathways to College Network)
Using Data to Drive Change: A Guide for College Access and Sucess Stakeholders (OMG Center for Collaborative Learning)
FUNDRAISING
Scaling Impact (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Fundraising Tips for Non-profit Managers (Guidestar)
GENERAL
The Effect of the Economy on the Nonprofit Sector (Guidestar)
What do you Need to Know About Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status?(Guidestar)
Nonprofit Compensation Report (Guidestar)
Nonprofit Boards (Harvard Business Review)
MARKETING
Website Redesign Kit (Hubspot)
How to Use Facebook for Businesses (Hubspot)
Five Effective Ways Nonprofits Can Use the Internet to Communicate and Market to Their Audiences (Guidestar)
Internet Marketing and Web Development in Higher Education (Dot Ed Guru Blog)
NEWSLETTERS
Pathways to College Network Newsletter - sign up here
Archived Webinars
Curriculum
Common Core Standards: Challenges and Opportunities (Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) and the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy)
Fundraising
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Preparing College- and Career-Ready Students: Elements of Successful Programs (American Youth Policy Forum)
Social Media
The Science of Facebook Marketing (Hubspot)
Website/Blog
How to Improve Your Website (Hubspot)
How Blogs Deliver Customers (Hubspot)
