College knowledge challenge

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Oct 10, 2012, 4:50:32 PM10/10/12

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Greetings Engineers,

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is looking to fund apps that will make the process of going to college “more transparent, collaborative, and easy to navigate for low-income and first-generation students.” They are looking for submissions that implement technology solutions addressing one or more of these criteria:

1) helping students build, test, and implement personal academic pathways that grow out of college-career aspirations and are supported by informed decision making

2) helping students build social capital and a college-going peer group; and

3) rectifying information asymmetries in college admissions, financial aid, and college selection processes that disadvantage low-income and first-generation students.

The deadline is November 16^th! For more information about the College Knowledge Challenge, check out the program website.