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Monday, December 6, 2010

146. MVCAP fyi

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1. Financial Aid: A Broken Bridge to College Access? by Bridget Terry Long - http://www.hepg.org/document/19/

"Although there are many barriers to college access and success for low-income and minority students, most can be grouped into three major categories. The first set of major barriers relates to cost. . . . A second major set of barriers to college enrollment and persistence is academic preparation. . . . The third major impediment to higher education for many students, particularly those from low-income families, is the complexity of the college admissions process and financial aid systems, as well as a lack of accurate information about higher education costs. College attendance is the culmination of a series of steps and benchmarks, and this current landscape is too complex and difficult for many families to decipher and navigate."

2. Do Loans Increase College Access and Choice? by Bridget Terry Long - http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/neppc/wp/2007/neppcwp0701.pdf

"This paper attempts to provide additional information on the impact of loans on college decisions by focusing on the period during which college loans were made available to all families, regardless of financial need. The major shift in aid policy occurred due to the 1992 Higher Education Reauthorization Act (HEA92)."


"College is the key gatekeeper to the middle class. If you can figure out how to make it to a degree, you can pretty much guarantee a middle class. So many are kept back from entering the gates."

4. Jobless rate up among those with at least bachelor's degree, by Paul Davidson - http://usat.ly/ghcUb8 - RT @USATODAY

‎"The well-educated have been insulated from the worst effects of the recession, which battered manufacturing and construction workers. And unemployment is still far lower for the college-educated than for high school graduates (10%) and those without high school diplomas (15.7%)."

5. When a College Student Loses a Parent, by Jacques Steinberg - http://nyti.ms/fpvnxx

"We particularly want to draw your attention to those that described a faculty member, counselor or roommate who rose to the occasion on behalf of a grieving student."

6. Using the Rankings, by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/gu6PV6

"Of the 80 percent of colleges that believe their institutions appear "favorably" in the rankings, 71 percent promote their rankings results in marketing materials (although most of those say that they promote the rankings in only a limited way)."

7. Less Than 50% Attained Degrees In Last 6 Years, - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/03/49-percent-attained-degre_n_791655.html

‎"The report found that, within six years of enrollment, 49 percent of students attained a certificate, associate or bachelors degree from some institution."

8. Plan to Lift University Tuition Galvanizes British Students, by D. D. Guttenplan - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/world/europe/06iht-educLede06.html?_r=1&hpw

"Under the latest proposals tuition fees, now capped at £3,290, or $5,150, a year, would be allowed to rise as high as £9,000. Universities, which currently have their teaching budgets financed largely by the government, would see 80 percent of that subsidy removed — the only exceptions being courses in science, technology, medicine, nursing and “strategically important languages.”

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