The Challenge:
The Reach Higher initiative is the First Lady's effort to inspire every student in America to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school, whether at a professional training program, a community college, or a four-year college or university. In an effort to assist the First Lady's initiative, the Georgia College Advising Corps advisers banded together to form the initiative Reach Higher GCAC. Instead of each leading an individual push for college enrollment and completion, we have banded together to create a united and collective front for college access for all of our students across Georgia.
Our Mission:
To encourage all students to enroll and complete college. We hope to do this by focusing on our program Key Performance Indicators including: Campus Visits, College Representative Visits and College Fairs, SAT/ACT Registration, College Workshops, College Application Submissions, FAFSA Completion, and Scholarship Dollars Awarded. Through research, idea implementation, grit, and tenacity, we hope to increase college access.
Public Outreach & Participation Component:
Although there are 18 advisers in 18 schools across the state, we know that true change takes a community wide and national movement. We hope to inspire community members and leaders to get involved in our project. We hope to have influential speakers and presenters for our students throughout the year. We also hope that major corporations can support our efforts to solve some of economic and education gaps that our nation face by funding some our projects and college exposure initiatives. From our neighborhood streets to the white house we want to see major change, but in order to do that we need your help, so get involved! Feel free to contact us by emailing [email protected].