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. What's Gained, and Lost, When the College Search and Application Are Virtually All Online, by Sue Biemeret - http://nyti.ms/atoCpo
"Today’s students can conduct their entire college search online. It’s wonderful! You can learn about internship opportunities, e-mail a department head to ask about a specific major, download and complete an application, submit your transcript and even learn of your admission decision all online. Students can access their college application account anywhere there’s an Internet connection, making the process portable and convenient. You can carry your entire academic future on a jump drive. When technology works, it is pure music. However, when it doesn’t work, it is pure chaos.What do you do when the “Details and Accomplishments” section of your Activities page on the Common App disappears? Or when your Docufide transcript doesn’t show up in your electronic file at Nirvana U? Whom do you call?No one. You can’t talk to anyone about your online application. You can e-mail the support center and they’ll get back to you within 24 hours. . . ."
2. Technology and the Completion Agenda - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/cV5em9
"Data analytics is shorthand for the method of warehousing, organizing, and interpreting the massive amounts of data accrued by online learning platforms and student information systems — now as elemental to higher education as classrooms and filing cabinets — in hopes of learning more about what makes students successful, then giving instructors (and the platforms themselves) the chance to nudge those students accordingly."
3. Proficiency of Black Students is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected, by Trip Gabriel http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/education/09gap.html?_r=2&hpw
“What this clearly shows is that black males who are not eligible for free and reduced-price lunch are doing no better than white males who are poor,” said Michael Casserly, executive director of the council. The report shows that black boys on average fall behind from their earliest years. Black mothers have a higher infant mortality rate and black children are twice as likely as whites to live in a home where no parent has a job. In high school, African-American boys drop out at nearly twice the rate of white boys, and their SAT scores are on average 104 points lower. In college, black men represented just 5 percent of students in 2008."
4. The 10 Most Diverse Colleges - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/08/the-10-most-diverse-colleges_n_778373.html#s173581
"The schools that scored closer to one on the index are those "where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from racial or ethnic groups different from their own. "Racial categories include Hispanics, non-Hispanic African-Americans, non-Hispanic Whites, American Indians and Native Alaskans, and Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders."
5. 4 Weirdest Colleges You've Never Heard Of - http://bit.ly/avKrEn
"Here, HC lists four schools in the U.S. that you may have never heard of before, but now you’ll be glad you did."
6. Enlisting Armies of Compassion to Close College Gap http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-bridgeland/enlisting-armies-of-compa_b_777547.html
"Help in closing the college gap is certainly needed. Every year, more than 90 percent of low-income teenagers say they plan to attend college, but only half do. Only 20 percent who enter a two-year institution graduate within three, and about four in 10 students who enroll in four-year institutions will receive their degree in six years. At these rates, America's companies will continue to look abroad for skilled workers."
7. Scaling Education, by Shai Reshef - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shai-reshef/scaling-education_b_770566.html
"If we really want to accommodate everyone, especially working adults, we need to follow and build upon what the online universities have started. These universities were designed to be flexible, meeting the needs of the students and the marketplace. Both their schedules and their offered programs are built around these parameters. Additionally, online universities allow a greater number of students to enroll, given that there are no physical space restrictions. Therefore, the investments these institutions make are directly related to the number of students, not the number of buildings."
8. Why the U. of Chicago’s Story Matters, by Eric Hoover http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/why-the-u-of-chicago’s-story-matters/27695
"For one thing, Mr. Boyer describes the complex nature of the modern admissions office: in addition to evaluating applicants, it promotes the university and its virtues on a national (if not global) scale. And admissions outcomes (measured in application totals, admission rates, and “yield”) shape the public’s perceptions of colleges. In turn, those perceptions can enhance colleges’ literal and figurative fortunes."
9. Eight Ways to Avoid For-Profit School Scams RT @newsweek http://bit.ly/9DJEtD
"They accept any student who applies, selling themselves as a more convenient education with more flexible scheduling than traditional competitors. These schools now enroll 1.8 million students—a near-sixfold burst from just several years ago. The industry's leader, University of Phoenix, rivals the enrollment size of the State University of New York and has enough students (about 443,000) to make it one of the largest higher-education systems in the country. On one hand, this growth is good news for students: more options make it easier to find the massage-therapy certification that the local community college didn't offer or to take courses online instead of commuting to a classroom. But the profit motive can be a nasty thing: investigative reporters and government inspectors have caught for-profit colleges using all sorts of underhanded tactics that hit students in the pocketbook, from overcharging for classes to pushing applicants toward unnecessary education loans. . . ."
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