Admission Possible's CEO, Jim McCorkell, (second from left in front) was inducted as an Ashoka Fellow on November 14, 2006 in Mountain View, California.
Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, Ashoka has elected over 1,800 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries.
Press Release Excerpt:
JIM McCORKELL INDUCTED INTO
INTERNATIONAL ASHOKA FELLOWSHIP
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public elects founder of “Admission Possible,” which deploys AmeriCorps volunteers to help prepare disadvantaged high school students for college and life
ARLINGTON, VA (November 14, 2006) – “Admission Possible” aims to close the college gap that leaves many capable but disadvantaged students out in the cold, a gap that has remained virtually unchanged for 30 years. The program pairs low-income high school students with young, enthusiastic youth leaders for a two-year program that guides them through the testing, college admission and financial aid processes that most middle income families take for granted.
For his vision in creating Admission Possible, Jim McCorkell is one of 18 social entrepreneurs from the United States, Canada and Mexico who will be inducted into an international fellowship by “Ashoka: Innovators for the Public” at a special ceremony on November 14, 2006, at the Google campus in Mountain View, California. Once elected, Fellows benefit from being part of the Ashoka fellowship for life. McCorkell got the idea for Admission Possible while daydreaming in class at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. “I always felt entrepreneurial and I had been thinking about an idea for a different non-profit organization, he says. “ Then the idea for Admission Possible literally popped into my head. I had taught for a commercial test prep program to help pay for grad school, and I saw what that kind of assistance can do for rich and middle class kids who got a big boost with their college application. Why not do the same thing for poor kids?”
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