Missouri College Advising Corps
Missouri College Advising Corps Headquarters Address
1110 South College Avenue Columbia, Missouri 65211 (view in map)
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About Missouri College Advising Corps
MCAC hires recent graduates to work in 48 partner high schools across Missouri to empower Missouri students to go to college and succeed. MCAC partner schools have high percentages of first-generation-college, low-income, and underrepresented students at risk of not going to college. MCAC college advisers help students understand that they can complete a college degree, find their “best fit” postsecondary institution, and navigate the process of applying for admission and financial aid. Advisers are immersed in the school and are available to guide students through the college planning and preparation, applications, and financial aid processes.
MCAC helps Missouri students who may not have otherwise gone to college. Activities provided by MCAC are unique from those generally provided by other college access programs:
- Working alongside counselors, MCAC college advisers, who are themselves recent college graduates, model that college is within reach and, because of this near-peer approach, uniquely interact with students.
- While many college access programs provide part-time off-site services, MCAC college advisers devote full-time attention to college advising and are immersed in the setting and available to students all day, every day throughout the school year and beyond.
- MCAC advisement is made available to ALL students in the school.
- MCAC helps students find their “best-fit” post secondary institution and does not recruit for any one institution.
- MCAC concentrates its efforts in both urban and rural areas of the state.
Darius Whitaker Shares Experience as College AdviserMCAC helps Missouri students who may not have otherwise gone to college. Activities provided by MCAC are unique from those generally provided by other college access programs:
- Working alongside counselors, MCAC college advisers, who are themselves recent college graduates, model that college is within reach and, because of this near-peer approach, uniquely interact with students.
- While many college access programs provide part-time off-site services, MCAC college advisers devote full-time attention to college advising and are immersed in the setting and available to students all day, every day throughout the school year and beyond.
- MCAC advisement is made available to ALL students in the school.
- MCAC helps students find their “best-fit” post secondary institution and does not recruit for any one institution.
- MCAC concentrates its efforts in both urban and rural areas of the state.
"Serving as a College Adviser changed my life. I enjoyed having the opportunity to assist and build relationships with students who had a very similar background and faced many of the same systematic barriers to success. Those relationships are still present today. My experience as a College Adviser amplified my passion for working with underrepresented populations. The role taught me a myriad of skills of how to advocate and support students who are often unheard. These transferable skills and more such as data management, public speaking, and event planning has assisted me in my roles after MCAC. I served as the Recruitment and Diversity Coordinator for the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri and presently as one of the Coordinators in the Office of First Year Experience & Orientation at The Ohio State University. Without the skills and the foundational knowledge about higher education and college access I learned while serving as a College Adviser, I would not be where I am right now."
Emma McIntyre Shares MCAC's Impact on Career"Being a College Adviser was excellent preparation for my current role! A lot of my job is building relationships with students and families in order to help them through the college going process. Having previous experience with college planning, and with Mizzou, made for a smooth transition. I’m also able to answer a broad range of questions for families about not just admissions, but also paying for college, best match and fit, and more, because of my experience with MCAC." - Emma McIntyre, former adviser at Central High School in Springfield, Missouri
Kaje Sanford Awarded Ann Korschgen Pioneer AwardKaje Sanford (former adviser at Bayless High School) was awarded the Ann Korschgen Pioneer Award which is given to a second year adviser who demonstrates trail blazing initiative and difference in the Missouri College Advising Corps.
Number of Employees in Missouri College Advising Corps
51 to 200
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