Nonprofit to test NC adolescents’ college interest

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A national nonprofit organization wants to test whether telling parents of at-risk North Carolina adolescents more about college will increase interest in higher education.

The College Board said Tuesday in Raleigh that it is developing plans to mail information about financial aid and college-prep courses to the homes of low-income families. College Board policy adviser Kathie Little says some parents will be invited to workshops about paying for college.

Little says the pilot program is being coordinated with North Carolina’s Education Assistance Authority, the state agency that administers college financial aid and savings programs.

Little says the College Board will test in several years whether targeting the parents of younger students actually got more kids interested in higher education.

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