“SMC consciously strives to provide support services and resources to help our students transfer to great institutions like LMU; the RaiseMe platform compliments our efforts so it just made sense for SMC to help pilot the program in Southern California,”-Janet Robinson, Transfer Center faculty leader, Santa Monica Colleg
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At RaiseMe, we are committed to helping students realize their goals in college and beyond. Money — where we get it, what we think about it, and how we manage it — is one of the foundational pillars to get you there. That’s why we are giving you our Back to the Basics Budgeting piece, […]
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Lesson Plan: Pathways to Higher Education Click here to download the lesson plan deck In light of April being National Community College Month, as well as the timeframe in which many of your senior students will hone in on their post-graduation plan, we’ve created a lesson plan that outlines some of the pathw
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April is Financial Literacy Month, which also coincides with the period where many high school seniors are comparing college offers and making their decision about where to attend college. Seniors: You might have spent the past few months of your life agonizing over college results, and now that college results are tr
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High school is a time not only to develop your interests, but also to prepare for what comes next. Many students do not take advantage of the opportunity to take Dual Enrollment classes during their high school career because they either are not told about it, or might not think it will be worthwhile. I’m […]
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For the past year, the RaiseMe team has connected with community college educators all over the country to introduce how transfer micro-scholarships can play a vital part in promoting Associate’s Degree completion and transfer success. As part of National Community College Month, we’ve taken the time to reflect on
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[Feeling competitive? Jump straight to the March Madness College Discovery Challenge instructions.] There is something magical about March. And we’re not talking about the first few flirtations of Spring (however, that is pretty great). The magic we’re referring to is in arguably the most popular sporting event in
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It’s International Women’s Day, and to honor the womxn in all of our lives that raise us up and give us strength, we asked the students of RaiseMe to nominate some womxn they’d like to spotlight. We asked students to tell us about a womxn in their lives that makes them powerful, and what they […]
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March is Women’s History Month, and as with other celebratory designations, we at RaiseMe like to observe these markers through the lens of education. As such, this March we wanted to take a look at how the attainment of a college degree has changed the course of history for American women. It is well […]
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If you are part of the community college world, it’s likely you are familiar with Guided Pathways, a set of best practices and expectations set forth by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) rooted in thought leadership from Bailey, Jaggars, and Jenkins. Essentially, they suggest that despite the best effor
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