Brief Survey of College Access Professionals
Regarding a Proposed College Access Institute

The proposed institute would offer specialized training to persons working in the front lines of college access work. Content would focus on financial aid, effective practices, fundraising and sustainability, needs of special audiences, college admissions, counseling skills, and more.

The institute would consist of four online courses (delivered asynchronously) for a total of 12 university credits (graduate or undergraduate, depending upon the student).

Intended audiences include those already working in the field, graduate students in education and human services who have an interest in college access work, and school counselors.

Completion of two courses would lead to certification as a college access practitioner, and completion of four courses would lead to certification as a certified college access professional or (for school counselors) certified college access counselor.

Please characterize yourself as one of the following:

Employee of a college access program

Employer in a college access program

Person interested in college access programs

  1. In your estimation, would the college access profession benefit from having a formal certification program?

Yes

No

Not sure

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  1. Who are the potential and likely audiences for the institute? Please enter in the text box below.

  1. If the institute were offered by a reputable institution as a series of online offerings, how much do you think individuals would be willing and able to pay for coursework?

Less than $500/course and less than $2,000 for the entire certificate program

Between $501 and $750 per course and less than $3,000 for the entire certificate program

Between $751 and $1,000 per course and less than $4,000 for the entire certificate program

Between $1,001 and $1,250 per course and less than $5,000 for the entire certificate program

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  1. How important is certification (as contrasted with offering four courses in college access studies with no certificate)?

Very important

Somewhat important

Not very important

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  1. If you were to enroll in the institute, how many courses would you want to take at a time?

One

Two

Three

Four

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  1. In what ways do you think that college access employers would likely recognize a college access certificate program?

Tuition reimbursement

Release time for study

Salary enhancement upon program completion

Advancement consideration

Other. Please list

  1. Please describe ways to effectively market the availability of the college access institute to those already working in the field.

  1. If you would like to receive information about progress in developing the college access institute, please enter your email address below.

 

Thank you for taking the time to inform our effort.