Real insights start with real people. Collect experiences from people in your community to better understand their journey to higher education. Use our Interview Toolkit and get started by talking to teachers, financial experts, parents, friends, and anyone else you think of! If you’d like to embrace the full design research process, seek out an extreme user or unique story and share it with us. Take a look at our Interview Toolkit for inspiration.
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Talk with people in your community or somewhere else around the world. Use our Interview Toolkit to get started.
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A (slightly) non-traditional college path
I wanted to hear how this fellow classmate's education has been beneficial, and what has been extraneous in pursuing his dreams.
An interview with an out of state student
An out of state students perspective on public university affordability.
Year Up: One Year to a Career
Year Up empowers young adults to launch their careers in a single year via an intensive training and internship program, for free.
Clarissa's Higher Ed Journey
Interview with Clarissa Ranchez, a first-generation college student and Filipino-American in Queens, NY.
I am in the middle of the Ocean. Where to Go ?
Communication Problems in Education Sector
How do the most successful students navigate the aid process?
A high school counselor's perspective on tips, best practices and realistic thinking for students.
Approaching College Affordability: Meet Students Where They Are
A student-centered approach towards college affordability leads to impact, trust and empowerment.
Attending college with In-state status, and Financial aid from State Gov. & Federal Gov.
Interviewed a college student who got a financial aid from government; he pays $80 per a semester
Attending college with In-state status, and Financial aid from State Gov. & Federal Gov.
Looking into different perspectives existing in other education and national systems.
Other Side of the Fence
Looking into different perspectives existing in other education and national systems.
From an international perspective
As a group of student we discuss the different issues raised in the interview toolkit
Overcoming Nurture
We want to help people thrive through their barriers, personal limitations, unsupportive community. We want them to overcome their nurture.
We interviewed 4 diverse student types and logged their experience in the United States higher educational system.
4 Diverse Educational Experiences
We interviewed 4 diverse student types and logged their experience in the United States higher educational system.
Internet of Knowledge-Things
Thoughts on whether informal learning can lead to success as opposed to actually attending a learning institution.
Choosing a School is Stressful!
The emotional context for our solutions is one of anxiety.
Pay for college before your child is even born.
Prepaid College Tuition
Pay for college before your child is even born.
An interview with a college drop-out
A discussion of the events/circumstances that lead to her dropping out of university
Is College Access Really About Cost? College-going Culture and Hidden Affordability Barriers
A College Advising Corps member who works at an underserved high school explains barriers to college attendance - and they transcend cost.
Interview with ScholarMatch
Interview with the executive director about how the program is helping 1st generation college students in the San Francisco Bay Area.
An interview with a Community College English Adjunct Instructor
Where Does the Money Go? Not to Adjunct Instructors...
An interview with a Community College English Adjunct Instructor
An interview with a university staff member
A discussion about how her and her husband paid for their schooling.
Maricris's Perspective as a Parent
Interview with Maricris Ranchez, a Filipino-American immigrant and mother of two.