Demystifying college for first-generation applicants

Name: Demystifying college for first-generation applicants
Uploaded: 2016-01-13T00:38:48Z
Duration: P471S
Description: Final deadlines for college applications are looming this week, and students who are first in their families to attend college are far less likely to have help navigating the application system. The College Advising Corps aims to change that by recruiting college graduates to advise first-generation applicants. Hari Sreenivasan visits two New York City high schools to see the Corps in action.

Clip: Season 2016 | 7m 51s

Final deadlines for college applications are looming this week, and students who are first in their families to attend college are far less likely to have help navigating the application system. The College Advising Corps aims to change that by recruiting college graduates to advise first-generation applicants. Hari Sreenivasan visits two New York City high schools to see the Corps in action.

Aired: 01/12/16

Rating: NR

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