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 kids getting ready for college, FAFSA is a must, by Sandra Block -http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20110201/yourmoney01_st.art.htm
"That means it's more important than ever for families of college-bound seniors to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, as soon as possible. This application is the foundation for almost all forms of financial aid, from scholarships to student loans."
2. Rules fail to curb schools from oversigning football players, by Kelly Whiteside - http://usat.ly/eBCfQv via @USATODAY
"Many players assume scholarships are guaranteed for as long as five years. In fact, athletic scholarships are one-year, "merit-based" awards."He wanted to have my scholarship for another player. I had no idea that they could do that," Chamorro says."
3. Signing Day 2011: Who will be the top winners in recruiting? http://usat.ly/g1vbzJ -RT @USATODAY
"The usual cast of characters are expected to have successful days with Florida State and Alabama the front-runners to earning the coveted No. 1 ranking followed closdly by Texas, LSU and Southern California."
4. Washington Wrapup, by Doug Lederman - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/gfsyTK
"Durbin was not subtle about attributing his concern about for-profit colleges in large part to the role they've played in driving up federal spending on Pell Grants, which have soared from a program worth about $16 billion in 2008 to one approaching $40 billion in 2011."
5. Top 25 State Universities for Graduating on Time, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/aUGLeDd
"Private colleges and universities have better, but not great four-year grad rates. Nearly 48% of students graduate in four years from private schools. The vast majority of students in this country, however, attend public institutions where the average four-year grad is a measly 27%."
6. Harvard Report Questions Value of 'College for All,' by Catherine Gewertz - http://t.co/CigeF3J via @educationweek
"By concentrating too much on classroom-based academics with four-year college as a goal, the nation’s education system has failed vast numbers of students, who instead need solid preparation for careers requiring less than a bachelor’s degree, Harvard scholars say in a report issued today."
7. Pathways to Prosperity -http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2011/Pathways_to_Prosperity_Feb2011.pdf
"Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century"--Report issued by the Pathways to Prosperity Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
8. Pell Grants Are in Jeopardy, Sen. Durbin Says, in Warning to Nonprof Colleges, by Kelly Field - http://chronicle.com/article/Pell-Grants-Are-in-Jeopardy/126176/
"You cannot come to Congress to ask for more funding for Pell Grants while looking the other way as billions of dollars of our current investment is wasted." "I'm not talking only about low-performing for-profit colleges," he added. "There are public colleges and private nonprofit colleges that are also failing students."
9. Obstacles to better counseling--and what to do about it, by Patrick O'Connor - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/obstacles-to-better-school-cou.html
"The obstacles to better counseling are well known. There aren’t enough counselors (the average caseload is over 450 students), many tasks assigned to counselors have nothing to do with counseling (like a last-minute sub for a chemistry class), and most counselors start their careers with absolutely no training in how to be good college advisers."
10. Pell grant set at $5,550 for next year, by Daniel de Vise - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college-inc/2011/02/in_a_dear_colleague_letter.html
"In a "Dear Colleague" letter today, the U.S. Department of Education set the maximum Pell Grant award at $5,550 for the 2011-12 academic year, signaling that the largest grant program for low-income students will be fully funded."
11. Critics say top-rated Chinese education system has a flaw, by Kathy Chu - http://t.co/EtvirW3 - USATODAY.com
"To put the results into perspective, "If (the U.S.) doubles its efforts, it would still take us decades to catch up to Hong Kong students" in math, says John Winn, chief program officer for the National Math and Science Initiative, a public-private partnership."
12. Top 10 Colleges For Campus Housing, by Brian Burnsed - US News and World Report: http://bit.ly/fabLP5 - RT @usnews
"The following table highlights the top 10 national universities ranked by the percentage of their undergraduate student body living on campus:"
13. Top University Endowments - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/31/colleges-and-universities_n_815646.html#s231446&title=Harvard_University_27557404000
"Below, check the postsecondary institutions with the largest endowments -- and see how much their savings grew from 2009 to 2010. Click over to Inside Higher Ed for more data."
15. Tiger mom adds to stereotype that burdens Asian-Am students, by Mitchell J. Chang - http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tiger-moms-191465.aspx
"Parenting strategies aside, what has been overlooked is how this essay unintentionally undermines Asian American college applicants by perpetuating an erroneous stereotype."
16. A Preventable Danger for Athletes, by David Moltz - Inside Higher Ed: http://t.co/1xElTj0
"It's a big red flag for 13 student-athletes to be hospitalized at the same time," said Ramogi Huma, president and founder of the National College Players Association. "Every program out there needs to re-evaluate their training regimen."
17. Scholarship Tips from the Financial Aid Office, by Martha C. Merrill and Elaine Solinga - http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/tip-sheet-conn-college/
"Do your taxes early. In most cases, the financial aid deadline comes before the federal tax deadline. If you can’t prepare your tax return by the deadline date, it is O.K. to use estimated figures. A preliminary award will be determined based on those estimates."
18. Applications Rise at Dozens of Selective Colleges, by Jacques Steinberg and Eric Platt - http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/total-apps-2011/
"One trend, though, does seem some obvious: the increase in applications reported by Columbia University (32 percent) and the University of Michigan (18 percent, as the Feb. 1 application deadline looms) would seem, at least in part, to be a function of those institutions’ choosing to accept the Common Application this year for the first time."
19. Economy Changed Freshmen's Plans but Didn't Shake Their Confidence, by Sara Lipka - http://chronicle.com/article/Economy-Changed-Freshmens/126069/
"Over all, students show reliance on multiple sources to pay for college,according to the report. More than half of freshmen reported using loans, and almost three-quarters said they'd received grants and scholarships, the highest proportion since the survey began asking that question, in 2001."
20. Our view on kids: When unwed births hit 41%, it's just not right - http://usat.ly/fBkHkc - RT @USATODAY
"In 2009, 41% of children born in the USA were born to unmarried mothers (up from 5% a half-century ago). That includes 73% of non-Hispanic black children, 53% of Hispanic children and 29% of non-Hispanic white children. Those are not misprints. . . ."
21. Young and Mixed in America - Video Library - The New York Times http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/2...
Here is an interesting video about mixed-race students on U.S. college campuses.
22. Educators Zero In on What Lumina's Degree-Qualification Template Would Mean, by David Glenn - http://chronicle.com/article/Educators-Zero-In-on-What/126080/
"The profile—which is referred to by its authors as a "beta version"—is based loosely on "quality assurance" frameworks that have been adopted in Britain, Australia, and other nations. It sketches broad skills that should be universally acquired at each degree level."
23. Freedom Riders look back after 50 years, by Cassandra Spratling - http://t.co/RQER0li - USATODAY.com
"In a sense, you could say Dr. Silas Norman Jr. is still doing the work he began doing as a freedom fighter in the South.He is associate dean for admissions, diversity and inclusion at Wayne State University's College of Medicine. But during the summer of 1964, he was a 23-year-old graduate student at the University of Wisconsin who went to Selma, Ala., to be part of a five-member Selma Literacy Project. . . ."
24. Hall of Fame coach would trade in all his victories, by Steve Politi - http://bit.ly/fEq1QP #cnn
"Bob has a passion to help young men get the opportunities they would never have gotten unless he and basketball entered their lives," Krzyzewski said. "He should be in the Hall of Fame not for the number of wins, but for the number of lives he's changed."
25. Despite Obama’s Call, No Rush in ROTC’s Return to Campus,by Katharine Q. Seelye - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/education/28rotc.html?hpw
"But that is no guarantee that such programs will materialize. For one thing, the military has limited resources for new R.O.T.C. units. For another, the level of student interest is extremely low..., with no more than 10 to 20 students at these campuses participating. . . ."
26. 'National History Day' Lifts Achievement, Study Finds, by Erik Robelen - http://t.co/eftZyg6 via @educationweek
"The first-ever national evaluation of National History Day suggests that students who participate in the yearlong academic program and competition perform better on standardized tests, are better writers, and are more confident and capable researchers."
27. Going Global, Going Liberal Arts - Inside Higher Ed, by Scott Jaschik - http://t.co/ZIM34im
"While Chinese universities are discussed in the United States as science and engineering-focused, narrowly so, Sun Yat-sen University is part of a growing movement in China to promote general education -- which includes global (meaning Western) philosophy and culture."
28. UC Irvine serves chicken and waffles on Martin Luther King Jr. Day - http://t.co/1rxxZ10 via @lanow
"The menu and a sign reading "MLK Holiday Special: Chicken and Waffles" were thrown together at the last minute and not in the "best taste," she said."
29. WU students protest speaking invitation to Bristol Palin - http://stlbeacon.org/region/107785-wu-students-protest-bristol-palin-
"Students are upset because the money for the event comes from the annual activity fee all students pay to fund campus groups. They said it's a waste of their money to fund a speech by a politically polarizing figure on a subject for which she has no professional credentials."
30. In High School and Alone in a Homeless Shelter, by Andrew Keh - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/nyregion/27neediest.html
"With nowhere to turn, Ms. Masondo ended up last fall in a homeless shelter in the Bronx. She was the youngest person there and often finished her homework on the hallway floor after the lights had been turned off ...in the sleeping quarters. . . .Today, Ms. Masondo is at a shelter in Midtown."
31. How to Assess a College’s Mental Health Offerings, by Michael Winerip - http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/mental-health/
"What follows is an exchange with Mr. Winerip, in which I sought guidance from him on how students and parents might assess the mental health offerings at individual colleges. — Jacques Steinberg"
32. Texas assistants set to be highest paid in 2011, by Steve Berkowitz - http://t.co/W61pkAo - USATODAY.com
"Texas' nine full-time assistants will be guaranteed nearly $3.65 million for the 2011 season, an increase of about 20% over what Texas paid in 2010, when it had the nation's third-highest-paid group of assistants, according to USA TODAY's survey of assistant coaches' compensation."
33. Pennsylvania school experiments with 'segregation' - http://bit.ly/fNnFeD #cnn
"The junior class at McCaskey East is voluntarily segregated by the students, who organize themselves "by gender, race and/or language," said school spokeswoman Kelly Burkholder."
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