About Us
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. Higher education remains one of the most effective pathways to personal and economic advancement.
I have experienced firsthand how education can open doors and create opportunities. As an immigrant, I earned my college degree while working full-time and raising my children. Today, I am committed to ensuring that every student, regardless of their background or circumstances, has the guidance and resources necessary to explore postsecondary pathways and build the future they envision.Ekaterina Struett, CEO
We give students a personal role model, champion, and resource who understands their story and is available every day to help them down a path to postsecondary success.
College Advising Corps found its start in 2005 by placing 14 recent University of Virginia graduates in rural communities where college-going rates were below the state average. Today, over twenty years later, College Advising Corps places hundreds of advisers in under-resourced high schools each year.
To date, we’ve helped over 1 million students enroll in college and equally many enlist in military service or become career-ready through job certification.
Our History
Our Team
Our Board of Directors
Our University Partners
We increase opportunities for students by making education beyond high school more accessible for all students.
Our VisionWe envision a world where students' backgrounds do not determine their destinies.
Our Values
Accessibility
We serve all students with empathy, humility, and respect, ensuring they have the support and opportunities needed to reach their full potential.
Integrity
We are accountable to the communities we serve and to each other. We value the resources we are given and use them wisely.
Collaboration
We prioritize open communication as a means toward creating trust and achieving the best results. We encourage partnership because we know we do our best work together.
Innovation
We are life-long learners. An evidence-based approach to our work helps us to remain agile so that we can identify problems, improve impacts, and drive better outcomes for our students and society.
Sometimes you’re a teacher.
Sometimes you’re a counselor.
Sometimes you’re a friend.
Chelsea Vickers, Alumna, UNC-Chapel Hill 2020-2022
Ed.M. Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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