CSU and AT&T
Help Crenshaw High School Students $1.6 million contribution from the AT&T Foundation will provide college counseling program,
(September 23, 2008) – The California State University and AT&T California Road to College tour stopped in Los Angeles today to increase access to college for Crenshaw High School students. A $1.6 million four-year contribution from the AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AT&T Corp., (NYSE:T) will fund the CSU College Corps program to provide college advising for 1,000 high school students, as well as the Road to College bus tour, a statewide education and outreach campaign centered on improving underserved student access to the CSU system. “Supporting education has been a major focus for AT&T for more than a century, and through the Aspire initiative launched in April, education is now the key focus of our philanthropy,” said Ken McNeely, president, AT&T California. “We are driven by helping students succeed – in school, in the workforce and in life. The Road to College and CSU College Corps program will provide students in communities across the state with the tools to succeed and we are pleased to be partnered with CSU.” More than 150 Crenshaw students boarded the 40-foot high-impact “wired” bus. The bus is wrapped with the CSU’s “Road to College” theme, and completed with Internet-ready laptop computers with links to CSUMentor, the university’s online planning and application website. “We know that the best way to help underserved students understand what it takes to go to college is to reach out into the communities where they live and go to school,” said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. “The Road to College is a hands-on experience where students have the opportunity to see for themselves how to apply, where to get financial aid, and how to successfully navigate the path to college. We look forward to seeing these students at CSU campuses in the future.” During the stop, students were able to explore CSU’s 23 campuses, begin a student planner, fill out a college application on CSUMentor, and receive information about financial aid and scholarships. In addition to the Road to College tour, the AT&T Foundation contribution will be used to fund the CSU College Corps pilot program, which will use CSU upper division and graduate students in counseling and related career programs to offer pre-college advising to underserved high school students. The program will initially be deployed through CSU campuses at Los Angeles, San Marcos, Bakersfield, Fresno and East Bay, with the goal to provide advising to 1,000 ninth through twelfth grade students during each academic year for four years. The goal is to augment the work of high school guidance counselors who are increasingly challenged to provide assistance with pre-college academic advising and college course preparation because of high demands on their time for their own coursework, curriculum and mandatory testing. CSU’s Road to College tour will run through Oct. 3 to coincide with the start of the CSU’s application period and with the CSU counselor conferences aimed at high schools and community college counselors. The bus will stop at schools, college fairs and counselor conferences in the Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Diego, Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose and Oakland areas. ### About the California State University About AT&T (c) 2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.
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