Class of 2021 Update
ALL IN! Partnerships Deepen The Hartford Student Internship Program (HSIP+) Class of 2021 program has built new levels of collaboration and relationship building among high school counselors and staff from […]
Community Workers Go Door-to-Door to Reach HPS Seniors
Despite visiting addresses where the students no longer lived, being told they had the wrong apartment when they were right and encountering people unwilling to open their doors, two Blue […]
Programs Expand to Serve More College Students
For the first time in its 13-year history, Achieve Hartford will serve students from five Greater Hartford communities in addition to Hartford. Its two peer mentoring programs designed to help […]
Philanthropy, Nonprofits & HPS Unite to Help Class of 2021 Prepare for Future
This year, more than any other, is especially tough for those Hartford Public Schools’ seniors without plans for college or military service after graduating. School guidance counselors had to work […]
Data Show Gains in Mentees Starting, Persisting in College
The Hartford Public Schools students served by peer mentors in our summer transition and college retention programs showed promising results, despite starting college during a pandemic. In the spring of […]
First-Year MCC Student Gets By With a Little Help from Her Mentor
Saraya Torres has wanted to go to college since she was a little kid. When starting at Manchester Community College during a pandemic meant classes would be online, she didn’t […]
GradGuru Comes at ‘Perfect Time’
Francine Whyte plans to transfer to a four-year college after she earns her associate degree from Capital Community College this spring, so she really appreciated the transfer deadline reminders the GradGuru app texted […]
Challenges of Online Learning
With Connecticut’s state colleges and universities’ classes conducted mostly online for the 2020-21 school year, community college students gained time by not commuting, but lost the comradery, external motivation and personal connections […]
Hartford Gets Incentive to Boost FAFSA Completion Rates
Gov. Ned Lamont, in partnership with Connecticut’s colleges and the state Department of Education and Career Readiness Alliance, has issued the state’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion […]
AH & CCC Bring College Persistence Expert to CT
These days, if you aren’t using technology to communicate with college students, then you probably aren’t reaching them. Thankfully, one nonprofit company has developed a customizable app-based approach to help students adopt key behaviors that will lead to success at […]