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Student Resources

 

College Application Tools | High School and College Research | Social Media

Young Men of Color | Summer


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

Find the Best Colleges for You! Focus on the information that matters (Consumer Reports)

Social Issue Report on College Access and Sucess (RootCause)

The Condition of College and Career Readiness (ACT)

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)

Higher Education Opportunity Act Information on College Costs (U.S. Department of Education)

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

Promoting College Aspirations Among School-Age Black American Males (Toldson, Braithwaite and Rentie)

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)

SUMMER

Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report (2010)

What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-income Children and Youth