Empowering Students to Succeed

The National College Advising Corps (NCAC) seeks to bring talented, enthusiastic advisers to every community that wants them and to every student who needs them.

Through a nationwide consortium of colleges and universities, the corps aims to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering and completing higher education. By placing recent graduates of partner institutions as college advisers in low-income high schools and community colleges, our programs work in communities across the country to provide the advising and encouragement that students need to navigate college admissions.

Important news

20 Aug. 2010
Granholm Announces $21.3 Million in Federal Funding to Increase College Access
19 Aug. 2010
Advising Corps Will Help Low-Income Texas Students with College Preparation

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2010 NCAC Leadership Institute

Members of the 2010-11 National College Advising Corps in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.

Keynote Speaker Melody Barnes

Melody Barnes, Director of Domestic Policy, speaks to the 2010-11 Advising Corps during the Leadership Institute in Washington, DC.

Carolina College Advisers

Members of the 2010-11 Carolina College Advising Corps listen during a session at the Leadership Institute.

Decision Day 2010

Graduating seniors at Huntingdon Area High School in Pennsylvania display their college destinations during Decision Day 2010.

University of Michigan Joins NCAC

The 2010-11 Michigan College Advisers. Front: Joilyn Stephens and Lauren Sheard. Back: Ryan McBride, Megan Sims-Fujita, Jessica Cornwell, Amber Williams, Eric Scimeca, and Marisol Blanco.

Missouri College Advising Corps

College adviser Camry Ivory, right, has been counseling Paseo Academy of the Performing Arts student Robert Brown and others on how to apply to college.

National Training 2009

Members of the 2009-10 Advising Corps with Greg Darnieder, Special Assistant and Advisor to the Secretary of Education on the Secretary’s Initiative on College Access.

Decision Day at Manheim Central

Seniors placed stars on a giant map of the United States to indicate where they'll attend college, train for the military or work. The celebration was sponsored by Keystone College Advising Corps.

Pennsylvania Senior Receives NROTC Scholarship

Keystone College Adviser Christine Shanaberger (right) poses with senior Zach Spade (center), Norma O’Brien (East Juniata High School Guidance Counselor, left) and a check from NROTC.

Georgia College Advising Corps

The 2009-10 Georgia College Advisers (left to right): Truitt Broome, Ashley Holmes, Ryan Carty and Mamie Harper

Autumn Clark

Thanks to the help she received from her NCAC adviser, Autumn Clark now attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Brown Advising Corps Awarded Gift

The congressional delegation of Rhode Island and Serve RI present a check for $192,132 to the Brown College Advising Corps on behalf of The Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps.