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Money for college? Newark helps students tackle the complex federal aid form | By Devna Bose
A Newark student receives assistance filling out the federal aid application Tuesday at Barringer High School. PHOTO CREDIT: Devna Bose/Chalkbeat Filling out the federal student aid application is challenging even for savvy parents. For those who aren’t native...
Newark High Schoolers Prepare for their Rutgers-Newark Classes
In our ongoing effort to expand access to dual enrollment, NCLC has arranged a free opportunity for approximately 90 Newark high school students to take classes at Rutgers University-Newark in the spring semester. Dual enrollment is a pre-college preparation strategy...
Mayor Baraka, Newark City of Learning Collaborative, United Way of Greater Newark, and Newark Public Library Work to Boost Rates of FAFSA Completion
Citywide Effort Pushes for 70 Percent FAFSA Completion Rate (Newark, NJ) -- Today, Newark officially launched its first effort to increase the percentage of Newark high school seniors who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Mayor Ras J....
PRESS CONFERENCE: NEWARK FAFSA CHALLENGE
PRESS CONFERENCE: NEWARK FAFSA CHALLENGE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 AT 11:30 AM, CITY HALL, 920 BROAD STREET Join Mayor Ras Baraka, the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC), the United Way of Greater Newark, and the Newark Public Library on Thursday,...
Previous NCLC Executive Director Featured on the NJBIZ 2019 Education Power 50 List
NCLC Executive Director, Reginald Lewis, was recognized as one of NJ's 2019 Education Power 50 by NJBIZ. The leaders profiled in the Education Power 50 list are responsible for managing organizations, making policies that directly affect the institutions, or are...
Barclays Grants $25,000 to NCLC to Support Summer Leadership Institute
NEWARK, NJ — Barclays has awarded $25,000 to the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC) to support summer programming for Newark high school students in the College Pathway Initiative. Since 2017, the College Pathway Initiative has recruited a diverse group of...
First College Pathway Initiative Cohort Graduates High School
A CPI Fellow works with Program Associate Christine Harding (r.) and Mentor Lisbeth Masache (l.) to review her financial aid package. (Newark, NJ — June 10, 2019) Newark’s graduating high school class of 2019 will include 25 College Pathway Initiative...
NCLC Partners with City and Other Anchors on #NewarkReads Literacy Coalition
Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León, Newark Public Library Director Jeffrey Trzeciak, Panasonic Foundation Executive Director Alejandra Ceja, United Way of Essex and West Hudson CEO Catherine Wilson, and Newark City of Learning...
NCLC hosts Lead New Jersey on the Rutgers-Newark Campus
NCLC hosted Lead New Jersey for an education seminar on the Rutgers-Newark campus on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Currently in its 33rd class of Fellows, Lead New Jersey is a year-long opportunity for New Jersey’s public, private, and nonprofit leaders to engage in monthly...
NCLC Associate Director Selected for State’s On-ramps to College Working Group
NCLC Associate Director, Barry Ford, was selected to serve on the NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher Education’s On-ramps to College Working Group in support of the state’s new higher education plan. The On-ramps to College working group will work to increase...
NCLC Executive Director to Co-Chair Working Group for State’s New Higher Education Plan
Pictured from left to right: Donald A. Borden, President of Camden County College; Laura Overdeck, Founder of the Overdeck Family Foundation; Reginald Lewis Executive Director of NCLC; and Harvey Kesselman, President of Stockton University. Executive Director...
NCLC Partners with Abbott Leadership Institute, East Side High School to Prepare Newark Students for the SAT
(Newark, NJ) The Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC) is pleased to provide free SAT preparation for Newark high school students for the fourth consecutive year. Done in partnership with the Abbott Leadership Institute (ALI) and East Side High School, and with...