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Connections with Renee Shaw

Renee and guests discuss how to help young people—particularly minority youth—get to college. Executive Director Janell Hocker explains the goals of the Step Higher program in Northern Kentucky, which helps minority kids in grades 8 to 12 take trips to historically black colleges and universities across the country. Charlene Walker, interim vice president of multicultural affairs at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, and Phyllis Clark, assistant director of admissions for diversity recuitment at the University of Louisville, talk about the importance of exposing kids to higher education at an early age, how to find scholarships and get financial assistance, and other resources that can help students prepare academically and socially for the college experience. A 2006 KET production.