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Products & Services
College Guidance Network offers live and on-demand college and career resources to all students and their families for free.
Counselors can share and customize the appearance of these resources by creating a Basic Library for free. To give your students and their families access to more curated content and customization features, request a demo of our premium offering, CGN School.
User Experience
Designed for easy viewing on any computer, tablet, or mobile device | ✓ | ✓ |
Services and resources customized by role (Student, Family Member, School Counselor) | ✓ | ✓ |
Easily “click to share” resources to email, Google Classroom, Facebook, Twitter or through use of a URL hyperlink | ✓ | ✓ |
On-demand Support Center | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable branding of the application to represent the subscribing organization | ✓ | ✓ |
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | 1 Topic (Money) | All Topics (15+) |
Topic-based Go-to-Guides | 1 Guide (Affordability) | All Guides (20+) |
Dictionary of college and career planning terms | ✓ |
Sign Up and Service Activation
Google Single Sign-On and Clever enabled | ✓ |
Counselor Specific Services
Professional Development - Live Event programming with nationally recognized experts and in partnership with NACAC | Occasional | Frequent |
Professional Development - On-demand catalog of resources | ✓ | ✓ |
Professional Development - Topical Counselor Companion Guides provide advice designed for Counselors in support of their work with students and their families | ✓ | |
College and Career HQ (submit college and career planning questions and receive timely answers from Experts) | ✓ | |
Communication Tools (templates for promoting college and career planning resources and events via email, social media, etc.) | ✓ | |
Monthly Newsletter (seasonally relevant and curated articles, tips, and resources developed for families and easily shared by a counselor) | ✓ | |
Usage engagement and reporting to guide 1-1 counseling meetings | ✓ | |
Email support from CGN staff | ✓ |
Live Programming
Foundational college and career topics | ✓ | ✓ |
Specialty college and career topics (College Kickoff Night, Parent Night and more!) | ✓ | |
College Planning (seminar format) for 11th and 12th Grade Students and their Families | ✓ | |
School event upload capability to promote local school events alongside CGN events | ✓ |
On-Demand College and Career Planning Resources
Digital media resources curated for the college and career planning process to serve students, family members, and school counselors | Sampling of resources on 15 topical areas | 600+ resources on
30+ topical areas |
Videos available in 8 languages (closed captions include translations for Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, and Hindi) | Sampling of Videos | ✓ |
Specialty Topic Video Series (resources designed to address topics of special interest) | Sampling of Series | ✓ |
Podcasts | Sampling of Podcasts | ✓ |
PDF Toolkits | Sampling of Toolkits | ✓ |
Playlists | Sampling of Playlists | ✓ |
School resource upload to host local school resources alongside CGN on-demand resources | ✓ | |
Catalog is customizable to align with school academic curriculum and counseling programs | ✓ | |
Resource update cycle | Occasional | Frequent |
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