284. Summer College News

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. 4 Out of 5 in Community College Want to Transfer, Report Says, by Lily Altavena - http://nyti.ms/rdKwU4 - "The popularity of community colleges can be attributed to a number of factors, including proximity to home and rising tuition at four-year institutions. The average tuition at a public community college is 36 percent of that at a public four-year university, according to the report."

2. Improving Student Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions -The Perspective of Leaders from Baccalaureate-Granting Institutions, The College Board http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/11b3193transpartweb110712.pdf - "Twenty-one higher education leaders were interviewed at 12 four-year institutions that are known for theircommitment to transfer students; these leaders possess expertise in one or more facets of institutionaladministration, including outreach and recruitment, admission and enrollment, financial aid, and student and academic affairs."

3. Remedial Plus, by Derek Quizon - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/mRoIsC - "CASH-to-ROI isn't meant to replace remedial courses but to supplement them with group study sessions, which some Daley students were required to attend during the spring 2011 semester. Students in the CASH-to-ROI program are divided into groups of 7 to 10, with each group assigned a part-time staff member as a "tutor-facilitator" to lead discussions."

4. Saving Money With a College’s Summer Melt, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/vO0XBUI via @cbsmoneywatch - "Thanks to enrollment practices, a school often will only give a student just enough of an award in its original financial aid/merit aid package that it assumes it will take to seal the deal. To see if you can increase your award, contact the financial aid office and be nice when asking for more money. And don’t mention that you’re calling because of summer melt."

5. 20-Year Hispanic Academic Gaps Persist in Math, Reading, by Sarah D. Sparks - http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/07/13/36hispanic-2.h30.html?tkn=QPUFlV74RrfKI8%2FemRDWoTx6Rhu5TVxmmlsX&cmp=clp-edweek"While growing numbers of Hispanic students have changed the face of American education in the past two decades, the gap between them and their white classmates in math and reading remains as wide as it was in the 1990s, says a new federal study."

6. Bringing Girls Into the Science-Major Pipeline, by Nancy Linde - http://chronicle.com/article/Bringing-Girls-Into-the/128099/ - "Finding the right messages for New Image for Computing meant conducting some deep research on collegebound high-school girls. Working with two professional marketing firms from New York, the group created a national online survey. One thousand girls responded."

7. The Most Hipster Colleges - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/the-most-hipster-colleges_n_898059.html#s308137&title=Grinnell_College - "This year, we scoured the country for campuses where skinny jeans, American Spirits and Moleskins are de rigueur. Check out our winners below -- and let the intellectual debate rage in the comments section."