Access ASU and Outreach
Preparing future Sun Devils and building pathways to ASU
Building access
to success
127,000+
students, families and educators served in FY19, representing a 43% increase over the previous year
$25,000
national award to support FAFSA completion in collaboration with Phoenix Union High School District
44,624
total number of participants served by American Dream Academy since the inception of the program
100%
Access ASU partner districts represented among BSS participants
30,000+
individuals, including 2,900+ from rural communities, were served by SPARKS during the 2018-2019 academic year
22,713
students and educators reached through school partnership programming during the 2018-2019 academic year
Highlights
and achievements
Arizona community team wins first place in Alliance for the American Dream competition
Project Benjamin, a cross-sector coalition of organizations from Arizona, was awarded $1 million from Schmidt Futures as part of the Alliance for the American Dream competition for its plan to use a chatbot to scale a strategy to boost Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completions in 67 area high schools.
$7 million GEAR UP grant will help ASU and community partners offer college prep to students and families
Thanks to a $7 million grant recently awarded to Arizona State University by the U.S. Department of Education, Arizona students and their families will have greater access to a college education and a foundation for a bright future. ASU is one of 55 educational institutions to receive a U.S. Department of Education Partnership...