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By Natalee Jones Photo by Phillips Jacobe “College during a pandemic wasn’t what I was expecting [it] to be. My experience was okay. It wasn’t as motivating as I thought […]

By Brandy McDonald-Johnson Photo by Chris Montgomery Before COVID-19, many people knew what to expect once they reached their college campuses: new friends, hard work and the occasional party. When […]

By Susanne Diggs-Wilborn and Sam Rauschenberg In mid-December 2020, Oglethorpe University’s leadership team noticed that first-year student registrations for the spring term were below prior years’ registrations at the same […]

Today, we released our second report in a series we’re publishing this year on what we’re learning about our Scholars’ journeys toward a college degree. Scholars are Atlanta Public Schools […]

Achieve Atlanta has added four new team members in 2021! We are excited to introduce these new team members, bringing additional capabilities and increasing our ability to carry out our […]

One of the things that surprised me from our recent research on Achieve Atlanta Scholar Finances was how few Achieve Atlanta Scholars are employed in Federal Work-Study jobs. The Federal […]

The Achieve Atlanta (AATL) Scholarship significantly reduces recipients’ unmet financial need—the cost remaining after grants, loans, and the federal government’s estimate of their ability to pay are taken into account.1 […]