Bridge To College Addresses ‘Summer Melt’

As proud CBI alumni, our college transition coaches (CTCs) play a major role in enhancing the delivery of college access services to seniors. This initiative not only develops the next generation of professionals but also provides our current students with positive peer relationships from their own community! Working alongside our directors of college counseling (DCCs) through a peer-support model, CTCs work to increase graduating seniors’ college acceptance and direct enrollment rates after high school. CTCs address the “summer melt” and other barriers to direct college enrollment for CBI students by providing targeted support for high school seniors at the most critical junctures of the college-going process through our Bridge to College program. Through the successful integration of our CTCs within our schools utilizing the BTC platform, the CTC program has extended to a yearlong service model, where CTCs tackle application, financial aid, and enrollment support.

Supporting Development

CTCs benefit from comprehensive network-training opportunities during the year to provide the necessary skills to tackle different  task for application, financial aid, and enrollment support.  Our goal is to continue to develop our CTCs beyond the CTC role and possibly cultivate future DCCs. To this end, our trainings also include collaborations with organizations like NYU College Advising Corps (NYU CAC) to provide a future employment pipeline. Due to the level of work our CTCs have committed to through this role, we have had four successful hires at NYU CAC!