July 7, 2006
UVa Enlists College Graduates to Guide High-School Students Through Application Process
Low-income or first-generation prospective college students might be interested in pursuing higher education, but when the application and financial-aid processes seem daunting, getting them in the door can be a challenge.
A program at the University of Virginia is trying to change that by placing recent college graduates in communities around the state to work as "college guides" in high schools.
The program serves as the model for a grant program announced last month by the
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