With the Supreme Court Decision regarding Affirmative Action and the impending Search Cliff, pursuing equity and access has become even more complicated.
Many colleges are scrambling to pivot. Odds are, you’re feeling stressed!
As a company whose mission is to expand access to higher education and improve collegiate outcomes, this is of critical importance to us, too. We're here to help your college reach your unique goals.
Read on to learn some ways Scoir is helping:
Any student, regardless of whether their high school uses Scoir, can create a free Scoir account. And, since everything can be done on Scoir's user-friendly mobile app, a student doesn't need a computer to make the most of Scoir.
Scoir Tip: Curious what the Scoir experience is like for students? Feel free to create a student account and explore.
While 85% of Scoir's students use the platform with a high school counselor, the number of students on Scoir without a high school is on the rise.
We know that Scoir helps students find and connect with schools. So, we're making it easier to find and engage those colleges! Now, students can search colleges, browse profiles, and engage with college content without a Scoir account. Colleges can now achieve greater market reach and diversify lead sources beyond the nearly 1 million students (and counting) using Scoir today!
Scoir Tip: Check out our publicly available College Search page
Our Title 1 Counselor in Residence, Julie Kampshroeder, collaborates with us to ensure we are supporting historically underrepresented populations. Our Scoir Curriculum provides thoughtfully crafted automated student, parent, and guardian guidance on themes like financial aid and school search for under-resourced schools.
This year, Julie helped us build a Scoir Curriculum to help schools maximize use of the platform with their students, particularly those whose high schools may lack resources and a college counseling program.
Scoir Tip: We also offer Scoir U courses for counselors on topics like SEL and college essays, perfect to share with your counselor friends.
In support of our mission to expand access, we discount our college solutions based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students receiving Pell grants.
We offer robust, customized rollout and support plans that include ongoing live training support and the free curricula mentioned above to ensure that students’ schools maximize use of the tool.
Scoir is focused on working directly with districts and building and refining our tool for their specific needs. We partner with some of the largest districts in the nation, and have the lowest price point in the college guidance management market. Scoir provides critical data that helps our districts identify students who do not have a post-secondary plan or need additional guidance.
Scoir Tip: In Scoir, we highlight Title I high school designations to assist colleges in their visit scheduling efforts. (P.S. We also offer Visits to colleges for free!)
We’re in the midst of piloting a platform for Community Based Organizations, which we’ll open up to all CBOs this year. This is the first time higher education, K-12, parents and guardians, and CBOs have had the opportunity to collaborate with students on college exploration and applications in one place.
We’re working directly with CBO leaders to ensure that the tool is effective for both them and for their students.
Scoir Tip: Get notified of new Scoir product releases by subscribing to the What’s New in Scoir blog.
We want students on Scoir to discover new, best-fit pathways and schools, not just search for schools they already know.
Colleges on Scoir can share dynamic and personalized content, events, and messages with students and their supporters based on:
Check out these helpful resources for messaging and content inspiration for Scoir partner colleges.
Check out who’s using Scoir!
Looking for more info on Scoir for colleges? Check out the blog post: How to Build Meaningful Connections with Students on Scoir.