America is in the midst of a profound guidance crisis affecting our society that needs innovative solutions. We believe we have one that enables every family to have access to the top college and career experts in America.
We are a team of parents, recent college graduates, counselors, and technologists who founded CGN with the explicit mission of democratizing expertise for college and career decision making. Why can’t access to the top experts be available to everyone? Why shouldn’t everyone have access to the top experts in college admissions, college affordability, career pathways, and parent-teen dynamics?
It doesn’t have to be this way.
CGN has built a solution that recruits top experts and uses content from hundreds of these expert interviews to power an AI counseling assistant, personalized Roadmaps in many languages, and professionally produced, live virtual programs that enable direct access to experts. We believe this unique combination meets families where they are; supercharge over-taxed counselors; and enable parents and their students to access the best decision-making expertise available.
Today, guidance faces unprecedented challenges—and the outcomes provide the picture. One-third of matriculating college students are dropping out. Student loan default rates are sky high. Many colleges are struggling to stay open. Burning Glass reports 52% of college graduates are underemployed a year after graduation. At the same time, alternative pathways are rapidly evolving and AI is changing the workplace in many ways. Clearly, this high stakes decision-making process needs to be improved.
Yet families are often navigating this complex process without support. School counseling caseloads are high. Teen mental health is taking up an enormous amount of Counselor time and crowding out college and career guidance. Misinformation is making trusted quality content from top experts ever more important. Families often need help on weekends and summer vacations when counselors are taking well deserved time off.
Our vision is to get an expert-powered AI Roadmap into every home. If families have a trusted solution that guides them on what to do, when to do it, how, and why, all coming from top experts, then better, more informed decisions will be made.
Join us on this journey!
