California Educational Facilities Authority
Academic Assistance Program Grant Recipient
University of Southern California
The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, in partnership with UNITE-LA will enhance three projects that focus on academic access for low-income urban youth:
- Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) Program – I AM is an action based intensive mentoring model where faculty and graduate students from USC, and local college access professionals, guide college-ready low-income high school seniors through the college and financial aid application processes through one-on-one mentoring.
- Cash for College Campaign (CFC): The CFC Campaign is a series of college preparation activities and financial aid workshops for high school students who are significantly underrepresented in applications for financial aid and four-year college enrollment.
- SummerTIME: TIME is an acronym for Tools, Information, Motivation and Education. SummerTIME is a four-week course that provides advanced writing instruction and instrumental college information for low-income college bound students. The SummerTIME writing class is taught by college-level writing instructors and takes place in the same classrooms and computer labs used by USC undergraduates to provide SummerTIME participants with “real world” college experience.
