Young people are key to closing the national counseling gap. Our research highlights challenges, best practices, and the impact of scaling peer-to-peer advising in public institutions. We advocate for expanding these models and support institutions in training and paying young people to guide their peers to college and career success.
Young people encounter inequities accessing postsecondary advising and career development. In this report, we demonstrate how best practice peer-to-peer postsecondary advising programs are a cost-effective solution that simultaneously expands advising capacity, creates internships, and generates a diverse talent pipeline for the counseling and advising fields.
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This research study documents the skills & experiences near-peers use when advising students through postsecondary decisions.
Written by CARA co-executive director Janice Bloom and Mandy Savitz-Romer, Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development and Education…
This report introduces Summer CCI, an innovative program designed to leverage an often overlooked critical time in students’ development: the…
The report outlines five key practices for colleges looking to launch or grow their own peer-to-peer programs.
This blog post summarizes different leaks in the transfer pipeline and CARA’s work to address them with several CUNY campuses,…
This blog series, published by (NCAN), summarizes the findings from our Organizing for Access report and describes how educators can…
Drawing on conversations with educators at nine partner high schools, this report describes the promise of a set of programs…
Having a committed leader is essential for the success of a high school’s postsecondary access program. The question is: what…
This report describes four key obstacles and opportunities for better supporting adolescent immigrant students’ postsecondary paths.
Walking the Same Hallways: Youth Leadership in College Access in NYC
CARA and Brooklyn Community Foundation (2012)
Near-Peer Coaching Program Keeps Incoming Freshmen on Course
The Education Trust (2021)