High school seniors have a lot on their minds at the end of the school year. Graduation is just a few weeks away – and after that, summer and college. But at Dorchester Academy, in the waning days of the school year, students are getting a crash course in financial literacy. They are learning about how to balance a budget. They are reminded that...

uAspire was cited in two new papers about how students who receive services in the summer following high school are positively impacted once they reach college. The papers suggest that, because of the many tasks that need to take place between high school graduation and the first semester of college, low-income and first-generation students often may...

Nonprofit uAspire and Investment Firm Loomis Sayles Team Up BOSTON – Nearly 25% of college freshmen in Massachusetts drop out of school every year – a higher percentage than any other year in college. Add in the challenge of being a student from a low-income background, and the chances of dropping out of college with debt and no degree rise significantly. To...