When Rowan Arquette chats up Beekmantown Central School students about college, he sees younger versions of himself. “I gravitate toward kids who are teetering on the edge,” said Rowan, a College and Career Readiness Fellow for CFES GEAR UP. “I like to see them thrive and … [Read more...] about Rowan Arquette Leads by Example in CFES GEAR UP College and Career Readiness Training
Op-Ed in Hechinger Report: CFES President Offers Plan to Help Low-Income Students Keep College Dreams Alive
Students who graduated from high school last year but deferred college because of the pandemic are at grave risk of never going at all. Enrollment for low-income high school grads dropped 29 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020, compared with a 17 percent decline for students … [Read more...] about Op-Ed in Hechinger Report: CFES President Offers Plan to Help Low-Income Students Keep College Dreams Alive
Rick Dalton Op-ed in USA Today Lifechanging Investment: How Volunteer Counselors Can Help Guide More Students to College
Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center indicates the COVID-19 pandemic is exacting a punishing toll on low-income students. College enrollment among this group dropped 29% in 2020, compared with a 17% decline among students at higher income high … [Read more...] about Rick Dalton Op-ed in USA Today Lifechanging Investment: How Volunteer Counselors Can Help Guide More Students to College
CFES President Pens New Book on Rural America’s Pathways to College and Career
More than thirty years ago, college admissions expert Rick Dalton founded the nonprofit CFES Brilliant Pathways to train students to become college- and career-ready. Little did he know at the time that a pandemic would blow open an opportunity gap that disproportionately … [Read more...] about CFES President Pens New Book on Rural America’s Pathways to College and Career
Rick Dalton Op-Ed: Parents Critical to College and Career Readiness
On March 13, Keller, a second grader at Vermont’s Hinesburg Elementary, came home from school and didn’t return for six months. Like 20 million other students across the United States, Keller, with no preparation or warning, abruptly shifted to online learning. Two hundred … [Read more...] about Rick Dalton Op-Ed: Parents Critical to College and Career Readiness