ABC News Nightline, Devin Dwyer Reporting
ABC News Nightline
In this ABC Nightline story, news reporter Devin Dwyer covers how the effects of COVID-19 threaten to deter America’s low-income students from their plans to enroll in college in the fall. The story features low-income and underrepresented students from across the U.S. as well as Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO, College Advising Corps, who speaks to this year’s potentially higher-than-normal summer melt and the devastation such a melt could have on college campuses in the 2020-2021 academic year.
Champion for Low-Income Students Gets a Boost Itself
May 21, 2018 | Inside Higher Education
Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Education highlights how our work of College Advising Corps embedding college advisers in schools with many underrepresented students has helped 300,000 enter postsecondary education. It aims to hit 1 million by 2025.
White House Honors NC-Based Leader of College Advising Nonprofit
September 30, 2016 - The News & Observer
Dr. Nicole Hurd and College Advising Corps are highlighted in this piece, which spotlights Dr. Hurd’s visit to the White House to receive the Champion of Change for College Opportunity award in recognition of her leadership and tireless work to expand opportunity for all students.
The Undervaluing of Guidance Counselors
September 16, 2016 - The Atlantic
This piece, which touches on the critical role of school counselors and nonprofit organizations dedicated to increasing access to college, highlights the work of College Advising Corps and the “innovative, data-driven, and technologically savvy methods” being used to support students through the college application and admissions processes.
The Sixteen Most Innovative People in Higher Education
September 2016 - The Washington Monthly
Dr. Nicole Hurd, Founder & CEO of College Advising Corps, is named one of the most innovative people in higher education for her commitment to increasing postsecondary opportunities for our nation’s students.
K-State Program Aims to Help First-Generation College Students
August 29, 2016 - The Shawnee Dispatch (Shawnee, KS)
The launch of a new College Advising Corps partner program at Kansas State University is featured in this local news piece, which highlights the anticipated impact of the program’s six college advisers as they begin to help students in Olathe, Overland Park and Kansas City navigate the college application process.
Decision Day: North Pitt Students Celebrate College Acceptance
May 20, 2016 - The Daily Reflector (Greenville, NC)
Adviser Michelle Sorrells, with the North Carolina State University College Advising Corps, and her students at North Pitt High School in Bethel, NC, are featured in this local news piece highlighting the school’s celebration of seniors’ college acceptances.
