CollegeEd
Helping your students plan for college success
Students and their families need more information earlier to successfully plan for college. How can you inspire students to think beyond today—to actively plan for tomorrow? How do you engage students' families in the college-planning process?
CollegeEd is a collaborative academic and career planning curriculum for students, teachers, and parents, designed to empower students with the skills and knowledge to envision their goals and achieve success in higher education. Through a series of engaging lessons, CollegeEd can help your students begin to understand that a college education is possible.
By using CollegeEd, your institution sends out a powerful message: that you believe all students are capable of going to the college of their choice and being successful in college.
College preparation advice in an easy workbook format
CollegeEd is the only program in the country designed to give all students the very best college planning and academic preparation advice. Lessons help students discover for themselves the power of a college education.
If you would like to order CollegeEd materials using a purchase order or by means other than the online store please use the CollegeEd Materials Order Form (.pdf/732K).
With CollegeEd, students will:
- Discover the value of a college education and develop a strong interest in attending college
- Gain awareness that high school choices matter
- Learn that proper planning leads to success in middle school, high school, and college
- Develop an academic plan and take practical steps toward charting college and career paths
Schools will:
- Help all children-whatever their talents-find a way to go to college
- Reinforce efforts to raise academic standards
- Give students practical advice on exploring individual learning styles and inspire them to study hard, set goals, and think big
- Teach students planning, time management, organization, and study skills
- Involve parents in children's academic plans with use of the CollegeEd Middle School Family Handbook and The High School Parent's Guide to College Planning
Advantages of CollegeEd
Created by the experts in preparing students for college success-the College Board-CollegeEd is the only college-prep program in the country aimed at all students. CollegeEd is effective as the career and academic component of middle school and high school guidance curricula, and meets American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards and strategic goals.
CollegeEd components
- Flexible lesson plans can easily be integrated into existing classes or advisory periods, or can stand alone.
- Supporting materials on sustainability, parental involvement, and advisory course development are available to CollegeEd users at no cost.
- Purchase of high school materials includes access to MyRoad, an interactive website that includes a validated personality-type assessment, in-depth profiles of more than 175 college majors and more than 3,500 colleges, as well as detailed articles on more than 450 career options.
- Each edition of CollegeEd can be used in conjunction with the others, or can stand alone as a one-year curriculum.
- All CollegeEd publications are available in Spanish.