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ATLANTIC CITY â Before the COVID-19 pandemic caused schools in Atlantic City and Pleasantville to transition to remote learning, Stockton University counselor Roxana Perez Nieves would visit students in person twice a month to sign them up for the federally funded GOALS/GEAR UP college-bound program.
Now, without face-to-face interactions, this and similar college-readiness programs across the state have been having problems recruiting new students this year.