Building School-Based College Preparation Supports for Students: Hosting a College Application Event
PRESENTED BY
Melissa Caperton, Senior Director, myOptions Encourage
Lisa King, Director, American College Application Campaign, ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning
Angela Jenkins, M.Ed., College & Career Counselor, Freedom Senior High School, ACAC 2022 School of Excellence - Virginia
Recent research from ACT has highlighted the importance of school-based college preparation supports for students and their self-reported preparedness for college.
Specifically, students said they wanted more information to assist them with college applications and more direction on how to prepare their application materials.
The American College Application Campaign is a national effort to increase the number of students pursuing a college degree or other higher education credential. In 2022, over 5,100 schools hosted a college application event supporting close to 300,000 students who submitted approximately 960,000 applications.
Hosting a college application event at your school is an impactful way to address student needs around the college application process.
Learn from the national ACAC team and a school counselor at an ACAC School of Excellence: what a college application event is, resources available to support you in hosting a college application event at your school, and how you can help remove barriers that prevent students from applying to college.
If you’re interested in earning CEUs, search for “myOptions Encourage” in the search bar of ASCA’s Online Store/Specialist Training Exams. Select the correct exam for purchase using the title of the webinar. Each webinar is worth 0.1 CEUs/1 contact hour for $10 for non-members/$5 for members.