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
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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
CFES Brilliant Pathways Partners with Colgate-Palmolive to Mentor Over 1,200 Students Across New York
CFES Brilliant Pathways and Colgate-Palmolive joined forces on September 30 for a day of e-mentoring over 1,200 students in 15 schools across the Adirondacks, Central New York and New York City with a focus on college and career readiness. Colgate Cares Day 2020 matched … [Read more...] about CFES Brilliant Pathways Partners with Colgate-Palmolive to Mentor Over 1,200 Students Across New York