Would you like to become a member of Advise TX? Adviser positions for the UT Austin Chapter of the 2011 Corps are now open. Visit the job posting for more information and to apply.
- Priority Application Deadline: March 23, 2011
- Final Application Deadline: April 18, 2011
Created in 2010, the Advise TX College Advising Corps seeks to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented Texas high school students entering and completing postsecondary education. With headquarters at The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI), Advise TX is a constituent program of the highly successful National College Advising Corps (NCAC), which has university partners in 14 states.
By placing recent college graduates of chapter institutions as college advisers in underserved high schools across Texas, the program strives to empower students by giving them the information, encouragement, and support they need to navigate the college admissions process. Advisers work full-time to help students plan their college searches, complete admissions and financial aid applications, and enroll at institutions that will serve them well.
With 15 near-peer college advisers serving high schools in San Antonio, Houston, and the Rio Grande Valley, The University of Texas at Austin chapter of Advise TX has seen a 57% overall increase in college applications at its partner high schools. Between August and December, 2010, The University of Texas' college advisers held over 10,000 one-on-one counseling sessions with students and facilitated over 4,500 SAT and ACT registrations. Advisers also encouraged over 2,000 students to meet with college representatives and sent 1,800 more Texas high school students on college campus tours.
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| 2010 Advise TX College Advising Corps in Washington, DC |
To expand the program to scale statewide, the Institute for Public School Initiatives will work with the National College Advising Corps to build a consortium of high-need rural and urban Texas high schools and leading Texas colleges and universities. Site schools will be pre-selected from a Texas Education Agency list of high-need Texas high schools with low college-going rates and refined through a competitive proposal process. The target for Fall 2011 is to have 120 advisers in 120 Texas high schools.
In addition to the University of Texas at Austin, which serves as the host institution, Advise TX will include the following chapters in 2011-12: Rice University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, and Trinity University.
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