Here are some links to today's stories
about college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)
1. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc
2. 10 most affordable colleges http://t.co/kkcuJXB via @CNNMoney"Using a new interactive tool launched by the Department of Education, students and parents can search public and private colleges by not only their published tuition prices, but also by their "net price" -- the average costs after tuition, room and board, book fees and financial aid are all taken into consideration.The tool, called the College Affordability and Transparency Center, was mandated by education reforms passed by Congress in 2008, and is meant to reveal the true costs of going to college."
3. College Affordability and Transparency Center site is at this link: http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/ "Use the options below to generate a report on the highest (top 5%) and lowest (bottom 10%) academic year charges for each sector. Tuition reports include tuition and required fees. Net price is cost of attendance minus grant and scholarship aid. Data are reported by institutions and are for full-time beginning students."
4. Throwing Out a State Vote, by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/juzDxX - "A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Michigan voters did not have the right in 2006 to ban public colleges and universities from considering race and ethnicity in admissions.The 2-to-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was based on the idea that the referendum that voters approved had the effect of denying political rights to minority citizens in Michigan. State officials immediately announced an appeal, which will have the effect of keeping the Michigan ban on consideration of race in place for now."
5. College Bound: Gaps in Financial Outlook for High School vs. College Grads, by Caralee Adams - http://t.co/SXOwmIW via @educationweek - "A new report shows 36 percent of high school graduates feel it is "very likely" they will be financially secure in their lifetime, while 55 percent of college graduates feet that way. When it comes to the first step to start funding a college education, just three in 10 high school graduates knew about the Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA), compared with nearly seven in 10 college grads."
6. A ‘Sea Change’ in Admissions, by John Christensen - http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/a-sea-change-in-admissions/28421"Admissions directors spend so much time grappling with these issues that many of us feel more and more removed from working directly with high school counselors, prospective students, and their families—the work that once made our jobs enjoyable and rewarding. That aspect of the work is the core of admissions and should not change: finding the right match between a student and a college."
7. Federal Data Shed Light on Education Disparities, by Nirvi Shah - http://t.co/tZBzxGZ via @educationweek
8. Civil rights survey: 3,000 US high schools don't have math beyond Algebra I, by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo: http://t.co/aNqdT5Y
9. Some States Still Leave Low-Income Kids Behind;Others Make Gains, by Sharona Coutts & Jennifer LaFleur - http://t.co/K7EnY5K via @propublica
10. The bottom line: which top universities have the highest net price? by Daniel de Vise - College, Inc. - http://t.co/ziq06YM via @washingtonpost
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