why-serve

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Serve with College Possible and
EMPOWER
College Opportunity
FOR ALL

Recruitment for the 2024-2025 service year opens in October 2023

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what-youll-gain

Gain invaluable career experience

As a College Possible AmeriCorps coach, you’ll help talented, driven students from under-represented backgrounds achieve their goal of a college degree

Employers seek out AmeriCorps service members because they bring hands-on skills in team leadership, facilitation, equity and inclusion, intercultural communication and transferable industry expertise. Gain a head start for your career by helping aspiring youth navigate and overcome systemic barriers to achieve their goal of a college degree.

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Accelerate your career

Gain sought-after, career advancing skills in data management, team leadership, equity and more.

Build your network

Join a national network of fellow AmeriCorps leaders that's more than a million strong.

Change lives

Be a critical support system and coach to every student you serve, all along their college journey.

Empower communities

Contribute to creating a more diverse college educated workforce, stronger communities and greater equitable economic mobility.

what-to-expect

testimonials

Engaging with the students for the first time reminded me why this job is so important. I’m not just teaching material or how to research colleges. I’m leaving an impact that will stick with my students beyond their high school and college years.

Leah, College Possible coach

YOUR SERVICE MAKES A PROVEN DIFFERENCE:

Compared to their peers from similar backgrounds,

College Possible students are:

30%

more likely to enroll in college the year after high school graduation

3x

more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree after graduating high school

who-youll-serve

*Of the students served fiscal year 2021 who reported race/ethnicity; this represents those who identified as Black/African/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Native Alaskan or Multiracial.

Who will you serve?

You’ll serve a diverse cohort of high school or college students, many of whom are the first in their family to attend college.

100%

from under-invested communities

86%

identify as students of color

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where-serve

Where will you serve?

You'll service role will be either in-person or a tech-connected hybrid role, typically stationed at a College Possible office or partner school campus. Available positions span:

+300

Full-time or part-time roles

Urban communities nationwide

Partner university campuses