College Knowledge

Over the past two years, a team of organizations conducted student focus groups across the state to determine ways to support College Bound Scholarship (CBS) students in high school. Focus groups and surveys with over 800 primarily CBS students from urban, suburban and rural communities, found that the College Bound Scholarship and the steps to prepare for college are not well understood.

The College Knowledge Project offers information on college readiness in the top five languages spoken at home by students in Washington State: English, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Click here to learn more about the College Knowledge Project and access our College Knowledge Materials.

Financial Aid Toolkit

The PSCCN Financial Aid Toolkit is an online resource designed for schools, district staff and community organizations to access centralized financial aid resources to support students and families with the financial aid application process.

Common Scenarios & Financial Aid Strategies
Promotional Materials
Student and Family Resources

Click here to learn more about the Financial Aid Toolkit. 

College Transition Checklists

The PSCCN College Transition Checklists are a product of feedback from regional high school and postsecondary educators, staff, and students, and were developed with the support of college access and high school interns working with PSCCN throughout 2017 and 2018.

PSCCN College Transition Checklists are intended to be a resource for educators working with transitioning high school seniors. The goal of the checklists is to provide high school students with important information about financial, logistical, and administrative steps in the transition to postsecondary so they are better prepared to navigate and make informed decisions during the transition process. 

Click here to view the College Transition Checklists.

College Completion Toolkit

The Persistence and Completion Toolkit complements the PSCCN Financial Aid Toolkit, an online resource including materials to support students and families with the financial aid application process. The Toolkit includes:

• A brief rationale for focusing on completion
• Guidance on frequently asked questions about challenging scenarios encountered by students who
  are close to graduating
• Staff resources to guide planning and outreach efforts
• Student and campus communications templates to use with your students and staff
• Research, evaluation and other knowledge about persistence and completion to help make a case
  for this work

Click here to view the College Completion Toolkit.