uAspire Testifies Before U.S. Senate Education Committee on College...
Hearing on bill to reauthorize U.S. Higher Education Act focused on simplifying the financial aid process For Immediate Release: January 18, 2018 Media Contact: Communications Director Jason B. Johnson...
View ArticleUpdate on uAspire Partnership with MA Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Jillian Fennimore (AGO) (617) 727-2543 Katie Hauser (Chamber) 617-557-7354...
View ArticleuAspire Partners with MA Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Jillian Fennimore (617) 727-2543 AG HEALEY ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL AID EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENTS LOOKING TO ATTEND COLLEGE AG’s Office Partners...
View ArticleuAspire Announces Jaclyn Piñero as New Bay Area Executive Director
14-year veteran nonprofit leader will oversee ongoing expansion of services being offered in California BOSTON — uAspire today announced the hiring of Jaclyn Piñero as the new Bay Area Executive...
View ArticleuAspire Hosts 4th Annual College Affordability Lab
Expert panel discuss options for tackling crisis of spiraling higher education costs at uAspire College Affordability Lab AffLab panelists from left to right: Gabrielle Viator (Assistant Attorney...
View ArticleAmerica’s Promise Alliance, uAspire, with Support From the Citi Foundation,...
First of its kind toolkit designed by financial aid practitioners; Provides easy, comprehensive guidelines from middle school through college WASHINGTON, D.C. —America’s Promise Alliance and uAspire,...
View ArticleuAspire Fall River
uAspire’s Fall River website is currently in development, it will be up and running soon — In the meantime, below are times for Summer CCA walk-in hours: **Summer CCA Walk-in Hours** Beginning the...
View ArticleuAspire Awarded $1 Million Barr Foundation Grant
The Barr Foundation awarded uAspire a $1 million grant to continue our research on college affordability best practices to better serve the needs of all students, in particular low-income and...
View ArticleIncreasing the pipeline of low-income and first-gen college-bound youth into...
Imagine yourself in the shoes of one of uAspire’s advisees, Brandon: You’re 18 years old. You’re sitting on a friend’s couch, which is where you’ve been sleeping because you don’t have a safe home of...
View ArticleuAspire Finalist in MIT IDE Inclusive Innovation Competition
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) announced uAspire is a finalist for the Inclusive Innovation Competition (IIC), awarding us $25,000 as one of 24 organizations creating economic...
View ArticleuAspire College Affordability Commitment featured at 2016 Clinton Global...
uAspire CEO Bob Giannino with President Bill Clinton at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America Meeting uAspire, a national leader in the field of college affordability advising, unveiled a...
View ArticleLast Dollar Scholarship
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View ArticleSVGives: How you can help Bay Area students successfully enroll in college! 🎓📱
uAspire Bay Area is thrilled to announce our participation in Silicon Valley Gives (SVGives) on May 3! What is SVGives? SVGives is an annual, 24-hour marathon of giving. Hosted by the Silicon Valley...
View ArticleuAspire and the Citi Foundation Partner to Improve Postsecondary Outcomes for...
When Jannell — a bright, intelligent senior at George Washington High School in San Francisco – first worked with uAspire to update her FAFSA, she shared the same excitement we see in so many of our...
View ArticleInvesting in African American Student Outcomes in San Francisco
Picture this: More than 4,500 12th graders. Less than 250 of them African American. In San Francisco today, that’s the reality. Less than 6% of the city’s population is African American, and that...
View ArticleA Photo Diary of uAspire FAFSA Day 2016
On Monday, January 4, uAspire re-opened after the holiday break by hosting our annual FAFSA Day in our Boston headquarters. Below are some photo highlights from the event. uAspire’s office was...
View ArticleuAspire Boston to Host FAFSA Event January 4
While many look to the turn of the New Year as a time for celebrations and resolutions, January 1st also marks a critical date for high school seniors – or anyone else – with aspirations of attending...
View ArticleAdvisor Shout Out: Kristin Shapiro
Over the next few weeks we will be releasing Advisor Shout Outs from students and staff of schools in which our advisors serve. These are quotes that highlight the amazing work our advisors carry out...
View ArticleAdvisor Shout Out: Elsa Martinez
Over the next few weeks we will be releasing Advisor Shout Outs from students and staff of schools in which our advisors serve. These are quotes that highlight the amazing work our advisors carry out...
View ArticleJob Posting – AmeriCorps MA Promise Fellow, uAspire Springfield Promise Program
Organization Vision uAspire imagines a day when all young people have the opportunity to reach their full potential by graduating from college, regardless of their families’ financial resources or...
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