Boston University

College Advising Corps at Boston University supports first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students across the city, helping them achieve their dream for postsecondary education.

The program, launched at the start of  the 2013-2014 academic year. With support from the Boston-based GreenLight Fund’s Social Innovation Fund initiative, the Boston University program recruits, hires, and intensively trains recent Boston-area college graduates to serve as college advisers in Boston Public Schools high schools.

During the 2015-2016 academic year, Boston University expanded its program to 23 advisers serving in 24 schools in the Boston area. Today, 35 near-peer advisers are serving in 32 high schools in Boston, Lynn, Malden and Somerville–including the entire Boston Public Schools district at scale.

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35Advisers
32High Schools Served
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How to Apply

Contact the Program Director

Katie Hill

Program Director

katiecac@bu.edu

(617) 358-2655

“She’s going to get her bachelor’s degree and use it to change her life.”

Jenna Cassoli, Adviser at Boston Community Leadership Academy (Hyde Park, MA)

High Schools Served

Another Course to College, Hyde Park

Boston Adult Technical Academy, Boston

Boston Arts Academy, Boston

Boston Community Leadership Academy, Hyde Park

Boston Day and Evening Academy, Roxbury

Boston Green Academy, Brighton

Boston International High School, Dorchester

Boston Latin Academy, Boston

Boston Latin School, Boston

Brighton High School, Brighton

Charlestown High School, Charlestown

Community Academy of Science and Health, Dorchester

Dearborn STEM Academy, Dorchester

Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion School, Boston

East Boston High School, Boston

Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers, Boston

Excel High School, South Boston

Fenway High School, Boston

Greater Egleston Community High School, Boston

Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Dorchester

John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Roxbury

Josiah Quincy Upper School, Boston

KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate, Lynn

Madison Park Technical High School, Roxbury

Malden High School, Malden

Margarita Muniz Academy, Jamaica Plain

Mary Lyon Pilot High School, Brighton

New Mission High School, Hyde Park

Snowden International School, Boston

Somerville High School, Somerville

TechBoston Academy, Dorchester

The English High School, Jamaica Plain

Our Donors

College Advising Corps

Yusko Family Foundation

State Street Foundation

The Angell Foundation

The Boston Foundation

Lloyd G Balfour Foundation

Massachusetts Service Alliance