AdviseTX

Texas A&M University-San Antonio is partnering with College Advising Corps (CAC) and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to build a near-peer hybrid advising program that serves the needs of high schools in the San Antonio area.

College Advising Corps (CAC) is the national non-profit parent organization of AdviseTX that works to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering and completing higher education. To deliver on this mission, the organization partners with 30 colleges and universities in 17 states to place recent graduates as college advisers in 782 underserved high schools. CAC works in communities across the country to provide the advising and encouragement that students need to navigate college admissions.

Our Hybrid Model

Building on the success of the CAC traditional in-school advising model, CAC hybrid advisers incorporate the best practices of in-person advising with virtual tools to maximize student outcomes. Hybrid advisers partner with high schools to complement and broaden the school’s college and career programming, and they coach students to identify institutions that match the student’s academic abilities and fit the student’s social, cultural, and financial needs.