MyCoalition or Coalition Application is the signature College Planning tool from the Coalition for College Access. Stacey Kostell is the CEO.

Stacey joins us on our podcast today to tell us How The Coalition came together, Why Colleges & other community-based organizations are working with them, How they are helping students, and where they are headed.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• Stacey Kostell’s Professional Background
• The Coalition’s Mission
• How MyCoalition helps students
• Partners and Resources

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Stacey Kostell [1:04]
• Professional Background [2:40]
• Formulaic to Holistic Admissions [5:10]
• How Students have changed? [7:59]
• Joining The Coalition [9:23]
• Origins of The Coalition [11:34]
• Why Colleges Partner?  [14:21]
• How MyCoalition Helps Students [15:53]
• Resources [21:11]
• Sourcing Students & Parental Involvement [22:34]
• Measuring Success [25:42]
• How to Scale [28:48]
• Close: “Get More People Involved” [33:07]

Our Guest: Stacey Kostell is the CEO of The Coalition for College Access. Stacey has a Bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and Master’s from Ball State University. Stacey was the Associate Director of Admissions at Arizona State University, Associate Provost and Director of Admissions at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management at the University of Vermont.

Memorable Quote: “And, you know, admissions was Formulaic, for the most part, not certainly not everywhere, but at some public schools, you could look and say, you know, if you have this test score, or this GPA or this rank in your class, you know, you and you've taken these courses, then you're invisible to the University.”

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