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. Early-Decision Applications Surge at Vanderbilt, George Washington and Dartmouth, by Jacques Steinberg - http://nyti.ms/c5CyHv
"I note, in scrolling through the nearly three dozen institutions (and counting) represented on the chart above, that binding early submissions to Vanderbilt are up more than 30 percent; those to George Washington are up nearly 20 percent; and that Dartmouth has seen an increase of nearly 14 percent. (Blogger’s disclosure: I am a Dartmouth graduate.)Bucknell (30 percent); Lehigh (14 percent); and Bowdoin (10 percent) also caught my eye. They join Northwestern (now reporting a 26 percent increase) and the University of Pennsylvania (18 percent), which I wrote about last week. As noted eloquently by several commenters in response to last week’s post, binding early programs continue to be a lightning rod for families and counselors; an applicant who applies under such a program, and commits to attend if accepted, loses the ability to not only field financial aid offers from other colleges, but also forfeits at least some potential leverage to persuade that institution to sweeten its scholarship. . . ."
2. Context on Admissions Jumps - Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/zFifUGf
"A report being issued today by the National Association for College Admission Counseling says that it is true that colleges are receiving many more applications than in the past -- and that part of the phenomenon is linked to top students applying to more colleges than they used to, and top colleges receiving more applications than they used to. Still, the NACAC report is very much a "yes but" on the question of whether the increases in applications are really about the frenzy to get into the most competitive colleges. Many of the largest increases in applications are at less selective institutions seeing increased numbers of high school graduates in some areas, and increased numbers of Latino and black applicants in other cases."
3. 13 Colleges That Leave Students In Massive Debt - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/student-debt-colleges_n_785604.html#s175927
"According to a recent report from the Project on Student Debt, the average 2009 college graduate with $24,000 in debt -- an increase of six percent from the prior year. Using Peterson's data, the report also researched which colleges leave the students in most debt. Some schools, like the Cleveland Institute of Art, average more than $60,000 worth of debt per student. See the 13 schools that leave students in the most debt below."
4. More Jobs For College Graduates Next Year - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/more-jobs-for-college-gra_n_785659.html
"Analysis of approximately 4,600 employers reveals that the job-market rebound can be attributed to a cessation of hiring freezes among larger companies as well as growth in small, fast-growth businesses. The report's principal investigator, Phil Gardner, says he expects to see the largest increase in jobs for college grads in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The industries expected to lead in hiring are manufacturing, professional services, commercial banking and federal government."
5. Entry level jobs: 8 Things You Need to Know, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/DJCE7qu
"Here’s the good news: more employers expect to be hiring college grads than last year. That’s one of the take-home messages of a new comprehensive survey of jobs for college graduates that Michigan State University conducted. The annual survey, which is the biggest of its kind, surveyed 4,600 employers about their hiring prospects. Here’s what the survey says about entry-level jobs for new college graduates:"
6. Rise in college applications hurts low-income students - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/college-admissions/report-rise-in-college-applica-1.html
"The rise in applications at community colleges, for-profit institutions and less-selective public institutions appears to be a result of the increasing sizes over the years of graduating high school classes, and there has been growth in the number of applicants who are Hispanic and black, students who are more likely from moderate- and low-income families with less rigorous academic preparation. Many of these institutions have been hard hit by the economic downturn, and research shows that many of these underfunded public schools lack resources to meet the needs of their growing student bodies. At the more selective schools, applications have been rising apparently because each student is applying to a greater number of schools."
7. 'Application Inflation' Has Many Causes--and Consequences http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/‘application-inflation’-has-many-causes—and-consequences/27722
"The report suggests that the long-term rise in the number of high-school graduates pursuing higher education—particularly Hispanic students whose parents did not attend college—explains much of the recent increases at two-year colleges and less-selective four-year institutions. Meanwhile, a rising number of students applying to multiple institutions explains the increases at more-selective colleges and universities, the report says. At the same time, admissions offices have helped create the application monster with their recruiting and marketing practices, and many colleges have made applying to college quick and easy—not to mention free—in hopes of attracting more students. On most campuses, the relentless search for more and better applicants (encompassing the nation, if not the globe) serves altruistic goals as well as competitive ones."
8. Tuition Discounts Up at Public Colleges, Could Be Costly, by Rachel Louise Ensign - http://chronicle.com/article/Tuition-Discounts-Rise-at/125439/
"Increasing the discount rate, or the percentage of tuition covered by institutional aid from the operating budget, initially earns a public four-year college more revenue per student, according to research being presented on Thursday by Nicholas W. Hillman, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Utah, at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. But once the discount rate rises above 13 percent—as it is has done at a number of public colleges, Mr. Hillman says—the financing approach earns less of a payoff.Mr. Hillman studied 174 public colleges and universities, finding that they had an average discount rate of 12.3 percent in 2008."
9. Colleges' own recruiting may push students to spread applications around, by Daniel de Vise - http://t.co/DKdmlqe via @washingtonpost
"Application inflation" is one of the most widely discussed but poorly documented trends in college admissions. Applications rose 47 percent at public colleges and 70 percent at private colleges between fall 2001 and fall 2008, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling in Arlington County. In a new report, "Putting the College Admissions 'Arms Race' in Context," the group attempts to explain the unprecedented jump. Admissions officers point to a steady increase in the number of students applying to eight, 10 or 15 schools, particularly among top students courting selective colleges. The 34-page report suggests that application inflation is a phenomenon largely confined to selective colleges, whose applicants hope to raise their chances by applying to more schools. Colleges feed the frenzy by recruiting heavily - and unnecessarily, the authors contend."
10. Thanks but No Thanks, NAEP, by Chester E. Finn, Jr. http://bit.ly/aTqy3o
"The big news, alas, isn’t news at all, which is that proficiency levels remain dreadfully low in both reading and math (worse in math), that gains have been tiny, that college readiness is nowhere near what it ought to be, that the achievement gap hasn’t narrowed by a micron, and that an awful lot of spending and reforming and earnest hard work has not yet paid off for a country that needs fundamentally different outcomes for K-12 education."
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