Tags: Georgia College Advising Corps

Betz Kerley “Mr. Carty, I just want to go to college. My parents came to this country so I could go to college. It doesn’t matter where I go. I just want to go.” It was not the first time Georgia College Advising Corps adviser Ryan Carty had heard this plea from a student eager to attend college, but whose family could not afford tuition and who had not been exposed to the college admissions process. Thanks to his training Carty was able to…

Betz Kerley In 2009, the Institute of Higher Education, in partnership with the Watson-Brown Foundation and the National College Advising Corps, began an innovative program to recruit and train recent UGA graduates to work full-time as college advisers in selected high schools across Georgia. The Georgia Advising Corps (GCAC) was launched and quickly became a valuable asset to students needing help in understanding and planning next steps after…