Press

04/30/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: Education Dept. Announces a Long-Awaited FAFSA Fix. But Is It TooLittle, Too Late?
04/182024 – Dallas Morning News: ‘Worse than COVID’: 41% fewer Texas students completed FAFSA this year
04/17/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: How the FAFSA Crisis Has Stranded the Most Vulnerable College Applicants
04/02/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: The Latest FAFSA Problem Is ‘One Giant Step Back’
03/14/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: A FAFSA Fix for the Most Vulnerable Families Is a Work in Progress
02/21/2024 – Texas Tribune: Workaround to FAFSA glitch allows Texas students from immigrant families to apply for college aid
02/21/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: Why a Temporary FAFSA Fix for Students With Undocumented Parents Isn’t a Full-Fledged Solution
02/13/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: ‘Time for Plan B’: The FAFSA Waiting Game Is Forcing Colleges to Adjust on the Fly
02/01/2024 – Texas Tribune: Glitch in financial aid form is keeping students with immigrant parents from applying for college grants
01/31/2024 – The Chronicle for Higher Education: Locked Out of the System
01/23/2024 – Texas Tribune: Here’s what Texans need to know about the new FAFSA to get aid for college
01/02/2024 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: ‘Frustration All Around’: The FAFSA’s Rocky Rollout
10/04/2024 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The End of Race-Conscious Admissions Opens Up a Fraught New Era
07/12/2023 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Supreme Court Just Put an Extra Burden on A p p l i c a t i o n Essays
07/03/2023 – Texas Tribune: As race-neutral college admissions begin, Texas counselors work to convince students of color they still belong
10/14/2022 – New York Times: More States Require High School Seniors to Fill Out Financial Aid Form
04/26/2022 – Fort Worth Star Telegram: Many Texas Schools Moving Away from SAT, ACT
04/26/2022 – Texas Tribune: Texas Universities Continue Test-Optional Policies
09/22/2021 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: College Board Plans ‘Lighter, Shorter’ CSS Profile
04/12/2021 – Time Magazine: Applying to College Was Never Easy for Most Students. The Pandemic Made It Nearly Impossible
04/01/2021 – Time Magazine: A Big Asterisk on the Future
02/23/2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Most Onerous Form in College Admissions
12/02/2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Federal Government is Verifying Fewer FAFSA Filers: Here’s Why that Matters
10/22/2020 – NPR Life Kit: FAFSA
10/20/2020 – EdWeek: Conflicting Messages Exacerbate Student Detours on the Road to College
10/19/2020 – ILTexas Podcast with ASP’s Executive Director
05/20/2020 – The 74 Million: “I Am Beyond Worried”: More HS Students Are Applying for Financial Aid and Enrolling in College as a Result. Coronavirus May Put an End to Both
04/27/2020 – NCAN: Managing Students and Staff in Uncertain Times: Leadership Lessons From Academic Success Program
02/27/2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: How to Make College a Better Bet for More People
01/30/2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: Elite College Admissions Has an Image Problem. Would Ending Legacy Admissions Help?
08/13/2019 – Diverse Education: Experts Share Tips for the College Transition
08/02/2019 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: How the Wealthy and Well Connected Have Learned to Game the College Admissions Process
07/13/2019 – Diverse Education: UChicago Access Initiative Increases Enrollment from Underrepresented Groups
05/16/2019 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why Are SAT Takers Getting an ‘Adversity Score:’ Here’s Some Context
06/29/2018 – Podcast: The Miseducation of Dallas County – The Commit Partnership
06/14/2018 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: An Ultra-Selective University Just Dropped the ACT/SAT. So What.
12/11/2017 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Verification Trap – The Chronicle of Higher Education
10/09/2017 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Long Last Miles to College
09/11/2017 – The Atlantic: A Simple Way to Bring Down College Application Costs
06/18/2017 – The Chronicle of Higher Education: Where The Journey To College Is No Fairy Tale
03/13/2017 – NPR Marketplace: Without IRS tool, Families Scramble to Fill Out Financial Aid Form

ASP Scholars in the Community

06/17/2015 – Three Garza Early College High School Students Chosen as TWU Terry Scholars
06/08/2015 – Preston Hollow People – Hillcrest Panthers Celebrate their School
06/07/2015 – Telemundo – Sobrepasa obst?culos y se grad?a con honores (Surpassing Obstacles and Graduating with Honors)
06/04/2015 – TheHub – Graduate Spotlight: Eraquio Garcia – Thomas Jefferson High School
06/03/2015 – TheHub – Graduate Spotlight: Evelyn Romero – Hillcrest High School
05/29/2015 – TheHub – Graduate Spotlight: Omar Salazar – Garza Early College High School
05/22/2015 – TheHub – DallasISD Student Beats the Odds and Soars Towards Success
05/18/2015 – TheHub – Grandmother’s Encouragement Helps Student Focus on Academic Excellence
05/08/2015 – TheHub – Seven DallasISD Students Receive Coveted Gates Millennium Scholarship
05/01/2015 – TheHub – Bryan Adams Student Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship
04/28/2015 – Five DallasISD Students Chosen as Gates Millennium Scholars
04/24/2015 – Lakewood Advocate – Stand Out Students: Sometimes Lessons are Learned Outside the Classroom
04/24/2015 – Preston Hollow Advocate – Stand Out Students: Sometimes Lessons are Learned Outside the Classroom
04/23/2015 – Telemundo – Joven sobreviviente del narcotr?fico (Young Survivor of Trafficking)
04/21/2015 – Lakewood Bubble Life – Bryan Adams HS Student Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship
03/02/2015 – KERA – A FAFSA Bootcamp Gets More Financial Aid Coming to Dallas Students
02/03/2015 – DMN – The Sky is Not the Limit for Conrad Student Accepted to Harvard
12/22/2014 – KERA – This Vickery Meadow Student Is The First From His School To Go To Harvard
12/20/2014 – NBCDFW – South Dallas Teen Making Ivy League Dreams Reality
12/20/2014 – NBCDFW – South Dallas Teen First in his Family to go to College (video)
12/18/2014 – KTVT The Hub – Non-Magnet Student Accepted to Harvard
05/10/2014 – DMN – Scovell Foundation Awards 15 Scholarships to Local College, High School Students
04/29/2014 – Conrad High School Senior Chosen as Gates Millennium Scholar
03/11/2014 – Preston Hollow People – Hillcrest Senior Named Gates Millennium Finalist
03/07/2014 – Three DallasISD Students Named Gates Millennium Finalists
06/09/2013 – NeighborsGo – Senior Standout: Bryan Adams Graduate goes from Guatemala to Brown University
04/23/2013 – Preston Hollow Advocate – Hillcrest Senior Chosen out of 54,000 for Scholarship
03/18/2013 – Preston Hollow People – Hillcrest Students Vie for Millennium Scholarships
01/23/2013 – Preston Hollow Advocate – Hillcrest Senior Elizabeth Crowling wins $30,000 Scholarship
01/13/2013 – Preston Hollow Advocate – Two Preston Hollow Students Finalists for Coveted Scholarship
01/11/2013 – Preston Hollow People – Preston Hollow Boasts 2 Davey O’Brien Finalists
01/16/2009 – WKOW – Babson College Partners with Academic Success Program
07/02/2008 – Preston Hollow Advocate – TJ Students Awarded $8 Million!
04/05/2008 – NeighborsGo – BA Commitment to Students’ Futures