See free MVCAP e-books on college admissions and financial aid for sharing, printing, and downloading at our online resource library: http://issuu.com/mvcap1. For-profit college stocks tumble http://usat.me/40637146
"Apollo Group Inc., which runs the University of Phoenix, attributes its expected enrollment decline to changing practices aimed at satisfying new government regulations. Apollo will no longer pay its counselors bonuses based on how many students they enroll. It also will provide new students with a free three-week trial program to see if they are ready for school, weeding out those at risk of leaving school before earning degrees. Meanwhile, the industry is facing a proposed new rule from the Department of Education that could limit schools' access to federal financial aid — the bulk of their revenue — if graduates' debt levels are too high or too few students repay loans.And, many schools are close to maxing out how much revenue they can receive from federal financial aid resources. Federal regulations cap that amount at 90%. The industry averages 83%, largely because they focus on recruiting lower-income students who qualify for federal Pell Grants."
2. Don't Wear One College's Sweatshirt When Touring a Rival Campus, and Other Travel Tips - http://nyti.ms/brxK1X
"I wrote a book about applicants at Long Island’s Oyster Bay High, which recently started taking eighth-graders on college visits. Eighth grade? At first I sneered at that because too many students already see high school as little more than an express lane to the next stop. But the principal, Dennis O’Hara, assured me that these trips emphasize the possibilities of college rather than the name of a particular school. He’s found that this early exposure inspires kids to take their studies seriously. Escorting 100 teenagers around campuses, Mr. O’Hara has come up with several pointers that might help moms and dads touring with one child. He starts by drilling students on the basic rules of etiquette – no texting during an information session, for example. He tells them to ask questions, instead of relying on adults."
3. The Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges http://huff.to/bLMrv0 Huffpost
"Veganism is more mainstream than ever on college campuses, as students are increasingly aware of the vast inefficiency and inherent cruelty involved in raising animals for food. Award-winning author Jonathan Safran Foer recently reported that 18 percent of college students now identify as vegetarian. Vegetarian barbecue riblets, vegan Southwest steak wraps, and dairy-free chocolate coconut-cream pie are just a handful of the hundreds of delicious, animal-free menu options now commonplace in dining halls across the nation."
4. Gates Fnd launches $20M fund for tech ventures to improve ed - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/10/the_bill_melinda_gates.html
"At stake is a brewing educational and economic crisis, the foundation said. Only half of Americans at age 30 have a college degree. But in eight years, about 64 percent of all jobs will require more than a high school diploma. "American education has been the best in the world, but we’re falling below our own high standards of excellence for high school and college attainment," said Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Gates Foundation, which has put $5 billion into grants to improve education. "We should harness new technologies and innovation to help all students get the education they need to succeed."
5. Students Unprepared for Community College Entrance Tests http://t.co/BO5TPdz via @educationweek
"A report looking at student experiences with assessment and course placement in California Community Colleges highlights the lack of testing awareness and gaps in the transition process. Mike Kirst, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, was a chief consultant to the report, One Shot Deal, a two-year research study funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Walter S. Johnson Foundation. "Typically, community college students think they are ready for college because they passed their graduation exit exam from high school," says Kirst, which in California means having 6-8th grade math skills, 8-10th grade English proficiency, and passing with at least 55 percent. "They graduate with one set of standards and then face a whole different set of standards in the placement exams," he says."
6. For Sale: Successful Ivy League App's—Only $19.99 http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/for-sale-successful-ivy-league-applications
"Mr. Yaruss is the founder of the Application Project Inc., which sells copies of successful applications to Ivy League colleges. Want to browse applications submitted by 21 members of Brown University’s 2009-10 freshman class? You can buy access to them for $19.99 on the company’s Web site, WeGotIn.net. For the same price, you can see applications filed by 14 members of the 2009-10 freshman class at Columbia University. Or you can buy both sets for $34.99. It’s all in the name of transparency, says Mr. Yaruss, who touts his new service a way to show students what successful applications look like—and what admissions officers look for when they evaluate them. Seeing how accepted applicants presented themselves, he says, can help high-school students, especially those who lack affluence, college savvy, and knowledgeable counselors. “It’s the one remaining part of the process that’s shrouded in mystery,” Mr. Yaruss says. “Students spend thousands of dollars preparing for the SAT. We’re offering this for the cost of a trade paperback.”
7. Selective D-III Ath's/Nonath's Gap http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/at-selective-division-iii-colleges-a-gap-between-athletes-and-nonathletes/27587
"The overall findings are based on an analysis of data for nearly 84,000 students following their first and second years of college. About a quarter of the students are athletes, and 18 percent are recruited athletes. In general, the report showed disparities between male and female athletes, between athletes and nonathletes, and between recruited and nonrecruited athletes. Female athletes had grade-point averages that were higher than male athletes, for instance, and male athletes who were recruited generally had lower grade-point averages than their nonathlete counterparts."
8. WSJ.com - Psych Majors Aren't Happy With Options http://on.wsj.com/d6NAde
"Only 26% of psychology majors are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their career paths, the lowest in a sampling of popular majors included in a Wall Street Journal study. The psychology majors the survey captured had a satisfaction rate 14 percentage points lower than the next lowest majors, economics and environmental engineering. The survey, which was conducted by PayScale.com between April and June of this year, only included respondents with jobs, but could include people who went on to earn a graduate degree. It included 10,800 workers who got their bachelor's degrees between 1999 and 2010. Part of the reason for the psych majors' low scores might be that few professions recruit for psychology undergraduate degrees specifically, said R. Eric Landrum, a psychology professor at Boise State University and author of "Finding Jobs with a Psychology Bachelor's Degree." Some young psych majors might be discovering there's not a lot of appetite for their major without a graduate degree...."
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