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TURLOCK, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/
California State University-Stanislaus (Stanislaus State), a Hispanic-serving institution that serves more than 8,600 students in California s Central Valley, today announced a major new initiative designed to improve student retention, particularly among low-income and first-generation students at its Stockton campus. Through a partnership with
College Possible, a national nonprofit that connects high school and college students with near-peer success coaches, Stanislaus State will provide coaching and mentoring programs for more than 400 students from historically underrepresented backgrounds.
The partnership with College Possible builds on the nonprofit s 20-year history of training AmeriCorps service members as college access and success mentors to help low-income high school juniors and seniors enroll in and complete college. Dubbed