After nine years as Minnesota’s executive director, Sara Dziuk is transitioning to the role of chief advancement officer at College Possible National, where she will lead fundraising, marketing and communications for the entire organization. With this transition, Deputy Executive Director Geoff Wilson will become the new executive director of College Possible Minnesota. “I am thrilled to have Sara join our national leadership team and look forward to collaborating with her to advance our external relations work at the national level,…

The recent news about the widespread cheating to gain admission to college in some of our country’s wealthiest families struck a nerve at College Possible. Jim McCorkell, CEO and founder, was approached by the Washington Post for his insights on the topic. Read the full story here.

There are a multitude of obstacles affecting college achievement of students from working-class backgrounds. A new article from POLITICO, “The Unseen Reason Why Working-Class Students Drop Out”, tackles the less recognizable. Even though most colleges are doing all they can to help these students succeed, graduation gaps still persist. A hidden reason for these gaps can be tied to cultural differences between institutions and working-class students. Social psychologists Nicole Stephens and Sarah Townsend have spent years studying why working-class students are still…