Robin Hom, Rising Above the Path of Least Resistance




The Path to Higher Ed: Improve Your College Readiness Program, Expand College Access and Send more of Your Students to College show

Summary: Today, we’re speaking with Robin Hom, Superintendent of California Crosspoint Academy. College is a foregone conclusion at Crosspoint, as every one of its graduates since the school’s inception has gone on to attend college. However, he discusses his student body’s struggles with forging their own college and career paths as a result of cultural and familial pressures within the Asian-American community. Listen in as he describes the difference between intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation and how that difference impacts the college and career paths of his students.