| Description: | In 2012, we launched the college success center at PS 200 Bennett High School to assist counselors as they worked with high school students on the college choice process. The center was designed to achieve three goals: (1) free counselors from the administrative burden of college choice, (2) serve as a conduit between the school and local community partners doing college and career readiness work, and (3) contribute to the creation of a college-going culture in the school. The center at Bennett is now in its fourth year and has served as many as 3,200 students in a given year on a range of activities from career exploration and campus visits to SAT registration, college applications and the financial aid application process. We opened the second center at PS 198 The International Preparatory School in 2014 and we are in our second year of operation at that location. For more information: “College Success Centers open the world of higher education to those who could be left behind“ |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Nathan Daun-Barnett, Associate Professor |
| Unit: | Graduate School of Education |
| Department: | Educational Leadership and Policy |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | Yes |
| Funding Source: | Buffalo Promise Neighborhood |
| Start Date: | 2012-08 |
| End Date: | active |
| Internal Partners: | Intercultural Diversity Center, Student Life, Associate Vice President for Campus Life; University Life & Services; Financial Aid, Enrollment Management, Office of Academic Affairs |
| External Partners: | Buffalo Promise Neighborhood; Buffalo Public Schools |
| Are UB students involved? | Yes |
