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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

313. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Emma E. Brownlee was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Emma is a 2011 graduate of Sebring McKinley High School and will matriculate this fall to Slippery Rock University.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

312. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Dana E. Matz was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).



Dana is a 2011 graduate of Boardman High School and will matriculate this fall to Florida State University.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Monday, August 29, 2011

311. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Jennifer C. Caventer was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Jennifer is a 2011 graduate of Chaney High School and will matriculate this fall to The College of Wooster.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Friday, August 26, 2011

310. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Crystal A. Wilson was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Crystal is a 2011 graduate of Boardman High School and will matriculate this fall to Youngstown State University.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

309. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Allison M. Poling was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Allison is a 2011 graduate of Lisbon David Anderson High School and will matriculate this fall to Youngstown State University.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

308. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Brandon P. Pasqual was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Brandon is a 2011 graduate of Boardman High School and will matriculate this fall to Youngstown State University.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

307. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)




Emily J. Diorio was among the students awarded a $1,000 Last-Dollar Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Emily is a 2011 graduate of Boardman High School and will matriculate this fall to the University of Akron.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd.; Board Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Monday, August 22, 2011

306. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)




Kelsey M. Case was among the students awarded a $1,000 Trumbull County Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Kelsey is a 2011 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and will matriculate to John Carroll University this fall.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Friday, August 19, 2011

305. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)




Emily A. Glassmeyer was among the students awarded a $1,000 Trumbull County Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Emily is a 2011 graduate of Niles McKinley High School and will matriculate to Kent State University this fall.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

304. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Brittany L. Dowell was among the students awarded a $1,000 Trumbull County Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Brittany is a 2011 graduate of Labrae High School and will matriculate to Ohio State University this fall.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

303. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting
by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)



Brandon M. Merriman was among the students awarded a $1,000 Trumbull County Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Brandon is a 2011 graduate of Howland High School and will matriculate to Ohio State University this fall.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

302. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting

by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)




Nikita D. Dhami was among the students awarded a $1,000 Trumbull County Scholarship at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP).


Nikita is a 2011 graduate of Howland High School and will matriculate to Case Western Reserve University this fall.


The MVCAP Scholarship Presentation was held at Kent State University Trumbull on August 10, 2011. In its 10-year existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships, most for $1,000.


The MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.




Thursday, August 11, 2011

301. 2011 MVCAP Scholarship Presentation



Here are some links to today's stories

about college access and success.

by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)


MVCAP awards 16 scholarships of $1,000 at its annual meeting


The Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP) awarded 11 Last-Dollar Scholarships

of $1,000 and 5 Trumbull County Scholarships of $1,000 during the MVCAP Ninth Annual Meeting on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. The scholarship presentation was held in the Technology Building at Kent State University Trumbull. Awardees are the following area graduates from the Class of 2011:


Awardee: County: High School: College or University:


Emily J. Diorio Mahoning Boardman H.S. U. of Akron
Joseph E. Pallone Mahoning Boardman H.S. Youngstown State U.
Ciara K. Penny Mahoning Chaney H.S. Youngstown State U.
Brandon P. Pasqual Mahoning Boardman H.S. Youngstown State U.
Allison M. Poling Columbiana Lisbon David Anderson H.S. Youngstown State U.
Crystal A. Wilson Mahoning Boardman H.S. Youngstown State U.
Jennifer C. Caventer Mahoning Chaney H.S. College of Wooster
Nicole L. Campbell Mahoning Chaney H.S. U. of Akron
Laura A. Neff Mahoning Boardman H.S. Youngstown State U.
Emma E. Brownlee Mahoning Sebring McKinley H.S. Slippery Rock U.
Dana E. Matz Mahoning Boardman H.S. Florida State U.
Nikita D. Dhami Trumbull Howland H.S. Case Western Reserve
Emily A. Glassmeyer Trumbull Niles McKinley H.S. Kent State U.
Brandon M. Merriman Trumbull Howland H.S. Ohio State U.
Brittany L. Dowell Trumbull Labrae H.S. Ohio State U.
Kelsey M. Case Trumbull John F. Kennedy H.S. John Carroll U.


In its 10th year of existence, the MVCAP has awarded over 175 scholarships—most for $1,000—to help graduates in Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties reduce their unmet need to attend the college of their choice. The MVCAP Board President is Atty. Paul Dutton of Harrington, Hoppe, Mitchell, Ltd., while its Vice-President is John Taylor of Paige and Byrnes Insurance Agency, Inc.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

300. 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. Column: Obama should tout fight for minority education, by DeWayne Wickham - http://t.co/8rdfOkq via @USATODAY - "We have launched more investigations than ever before. Much broader, bigger investigations" into whether school officials are unfairly disciplining black kids and shoving them "into the cradle-to-prison pipeline instead of the cradle-to-career pipeline," she told me."


2. Freedom at a Price, by Kevin Kiley - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/pE8Ljj via @AddThis - "While details of the Ohio plan will not be final until Thursday's presentation, a draft of the plan released July 18 calls for immediately freeing all universities from certain regulatory restrictions, such as state health and safety codes, and eliminating enrollment caps. The draft also calls for giving the universities complete control of the management of their employees and exempting them from the purview of the state personnel board of review.
The universities would then be measured annually on a set of metrics that include student outcomes, such as graduation and retention rates; degree production in science, technology, engineering, and math fields; and the percentage of students participating in internship programs, as well as financial measures such as endowment size, affordability measured as a percentage of the consumer price index, and the unallocated cash balance as a percentage of total operating expenses."


3. Value of the Liberal Arts, by Katharine Brooks - http://t.co/iitPEnE - "In today’s Academic Minute, Katharine Brooks of the University of Texas at Austin answers “the question” faced by many college students."


4. Education Management Corporation Accused of Widespread Fraud, by Tamar Lewin: http://nyti.ms/qsJS2E - "The Department of Justice and four states on Monday filed a multibillion-dollar fraud suit against the Education Management Corporation, the nation’s second-largest for-profit college company, charging that it was not eligible for the $11 billion in state and federal financial aid it had received from July 2003 through June 2011.Education Management, which is based in Pittsburgh and is 41 percent owned by Goldman Sachs, enrolls about 150,000 students in 105 schools operating under four names: Art Institute, Argosy University, Brown Mackie College and South University. In a statement Monday, the company denied any wrongdoing."


5. Kaplan Revenue Down 29% in Second Quarter - http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/kaplan-revenue-down-29-in-second-quarter/35148 - "The decline comes at a time when federal agencies and state legislators are more strictly regulating recruitment practices at for-profit colleges, and are increasingly holding them accountable for their graduates’ ability to find employment and repay their loans. As a result of those restrictions, as well as what the company calls “generally lower demand,” new enrollments dropped 47 percent from the second quarter last year."


6. Nonprofit Group Says CA Latinos Crucial to National Degree-Attainment Goals, by Molly Redden - http://chronicle.com/article/Nonprofit-Group-Says/128558/ - "Unless California is able to increase the number of its Latinos with college degrees, the United States will fall short of having the world's highest proportion of college graduates by 2020, according to the advocacy group Excelencia in Education. . . . Excelencia found that while first-time, full-time white college students complete degrees at a rate of about 47 percent, the same group of Latino students attain credentials at a rate of only about 35 percent."


7. #College101: Freshman year bucket list, by Jenna Johnson - Campus Overload - http://t.co/v7UEBbH via @washingtonpost - "Last week I shared a list of tips for surviving freshman year and asked you to share your tips for incoming freshmen . . . . The response was overwhelming. I combed through hundreds of tips and edited them into this 50-item “bucket list.” I suggest that you print it out, tape it to the back of your closet door and cross things off as you do them."


8. Top 10 Most Athletic Colleges - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/top-10-most-athletic-coll_n_921913.html#s325405&title=1_Stanford_Cardinals6615 - "Our friends at CampusSplash crunched the numbers to figure out the 25 most athletic colleges in the United States. They looked at everything from number of sports, to number of titles, program revenue and more. Below check out a slideshow of the top 10 schools . . . ."






Monday, August 8, 2011

299. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories on college access and success via


2. Confessions of an Edu-Traitor, by Cathy Davidson - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/roDpgt via @AddThis - "Here goes: I do not think going to university should be the be-all and end-all of K-12 education. The importance of going to college should be intrinsically the rationale by which we justify public support of higher education. Higher education is incredibly valuable, even precious, for many. But it is bad for individuals and society to be retrofitting learning all the way back to preschool, as if the only skills valuable, vital, necessary in the world are the ones that earn you a B.S., BA, or a graduate and professional degree."


3. 15 Worst-Paying College Degrees in 2011, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/KGVN1Sh via @cbsmoneywatch - "When you look at this year’s list of the lowest-paying college degrees, which was provided to me by PayScale, it doesn’t contain a lot of surprises. Three of the worst-paying degrees involve teaching or being involved in some way with children."


4. Rural Education: Rural Struggle: Get Students to Graduate, Go To College, by Diette Courrege - http://t.co/kGoHYF4 via @educationweek - "One of the big problems discussed at the Southeast Regional Rural Education Summit last week was the difficulty rural schools face in getting students to go to college. Speaker after speaker agreed that one of the major hurdles is family support. They said that, in many cases, students aren't encouraged by their families to seek post-secondary education."


5. Rural Education: How Two Rural Schools Prepare Kids for College, Part 1, by Diette Courrege - http://t.co/vP2zmwK via @educationweek - "Superintendent Larry McClenny said the school pushes students to achieve, and one of the ways it does that is through dual-credit courses. Students can graduate from high school with 30 hours of college credit. Both of McClenny's children had that many hours when they finished, and both finished college in three years."It saves parents a lot of money to be able to get in numerous hours in high school," he said."


6. Rural Education: Two Rural Schools Preparing Kids For College, Part 2, by Diette Courrege - http://t.co/FNDs3C3 via @educationweek - "That led to the adoption of a curriculum with programs of study aligned to the National Career Clusters model, which organizes high school classes around job occupations to boost real-world relevance. Loving High has strong dual credit offerings—75 percent of the school's students are enrolled in those classes—and district Superintendent Kristina Baca talked about how the school's programs of study are aligned to post-secondary education."


7. Status of Education in Rural America, 2007 - http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007040.pdf - "College enrollment rates for both 18- to 24-year-olds and 25- to 29-year-olds were generally lower in rural areas than in all other locales in 2004. In rural areas, as in the nation as a whole, females enrolled in postsecondary education at a higher rate than males." (p. 64.)


8. Arne Duncan to Override ‘No Child Left Behind’ Requirement, by Sam Dillon - http://nyti.ms/rpzlLP - "Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that he will unilaterally override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind school accountability law, that 100 percent of students be proficient in math and reading by 2014. Mr. Duncan told reporters that he was acting because Congress had failed to rewrite the Bush-era law, which he called a “slow-motion train wreck.” He is waiving the law’s proficiency requirements for states that have adopted their own testing and accountability programs and are making other strides toward better schools, he said."


9. Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade, by Virginia Heffernan - http://nyti.ms/q8ExIU - "According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet."


10. Top 10 Schools Where Students Study The Most - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/top-10-schools-where-stud_n_920830.html#s324337&title=Harvey_Mudd_College - "Princeton Review recently named the schools where the students study the most. Claremont engineering giant Harvey Mudd College topped the list, followed by the perennially bookish MIT. Check out our slide show of the most studious schools."


11. The Decade of Lost Children, by Charles M. Blow - http://t.co/ktxi4ga - "According to “The State of America’s Children 2011,” a report issued last month by the Children’s Defense Fund, the impact of the recession on children’s well-being has been catastrophic."


12. The State of America's Children 2011, Children's Defense Fund - http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-of-americas-2011.pdf - "This may be the first time in our history when our children and grandchildren will be worse off than their parents and grandparents. We must correct course with urgency and do whatever is necessary to get them to safe harbor. We have pushed so many of our children into the tumultuous sea of life in small and leaky boats without survival gear and compass. I hope God will forgive us and help our children to forgive us."

Friday, August 5, 2011

298. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories on college access and success via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc


2. Suicide attempts higher for veterans on campus, by Sharon Jayson - http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/mentalhealth/story/2011/08/Suicide-attempts-higher-for-veterans-on-campus/49808298/1 - "Nearly half (46%) of the 415 men and 110 women studied reported having had suicidal thinking sometime in their lives; 20% had suicidal thoughts with a plan. That compares to 2010 data from the American College Health Association, which showed 6% of college students reported seriously considering suicide."


3. Degrees of Wealth, by Steve Kolowich - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/r2wcRp - "But notwithstanding the apparent persistence of racial and gender-based handicaps, “obtaining a postsecondary credential is almost always worth it” for everyone, the researchers say. Broadly, people with associate degrees would typically earn around $1.7 million over their lives; those with professional degrees would earn $3.6 million. The degrees in between -- bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral (in that order) -- make up pretty even steps, each worth about $400,000 more than the last."


4. Tackling Urban Inequalities, by Kevin Kiley - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/qVQfEz - “When we look at poverty rates, graduation rates, crime rates, employment rates, one thing stands out,” Bloomberg said at the press conference. “Blacks and Latinos are not fully sharing in the promise of American freedom, and far too many are trapped in circumstances that are difficult to escape from.”


5. When it Comes to Earnings, Higher Education Isn't the Whole Story, by Beckie Supiano - http://chronicle.com/article/Education-Pays-but-So-Does/128526/ - "Within each occupation, like health professionals or sales and office workers, the more education a person has, the more that person is likely to earn. But some occupations pay better than others, so less-educated workers in them can earn more than more-educated workers in a different line of work. That finding echoes the center's report on college majors, since college major is closely tied to occupation."


6. Smart college shopping saves time, money and the environment, by Oliver St. John and Jayne O'Donnell: http://t.co/t6bKTeq via @USATODAY - ". . . Parents and students plan to spend an average of $808.71 on apparel, electronics, dorm furnishings and food items this year, down from $835.73 last year, according to a National Retail Federation survey by consumer intelligence firm BIGresearch."


7. A conversation: Kopp, West, Smiley on Teach for America, by Valerie Strauss - The Answer Sheet - http://t.co/zcFut19 via @washingtonpost - "I think of the degree to which we still put such low value on the lives and the opportunities for poor and working class kids of all colors, disproportionately black, brown and red. . . . It’s a moral disgrace when you look at the schools in our urban areas. Not just black, but brown and white poor and so forth."


8. Unigo Expert Network: Best Jobs for College Students - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/unigo/unigo-expert-network-best_b_918965.html - "College students being strapped for cash is no surprise, but it does beg the question of what jobs make the best fits for students? Should students make as much money as they can and graduate with as little debt as possible - or - take on internships or lower paying positions in their field of interest?"


9. The 10 Colleges With The Best Dorms - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/05/the-10-colleges-with-the-_n_919218.html#s322931&title=Bryn_Mawr_College - "Dorms are notoriously spartan, cinderblock affairs. However, some colleges definitely have better living quarters than others. According to the Princeton Review, Pennsylvania liberal arts college Bryn Mawr has the best dorms in the country, followed closely by Maryland's Loyola University. Check out our slide show of the colleges with the best dorms.


10. 7 Tools to Aid the College Admissions Process, by Ryan Lytle - US News and World Report - http://t.co/ORmUWFQ - "As technology advances, digital tools have become more prevalent in making this life-altering process more manageable. Here are just a few of those tools available to students and parents:"





Thursday, August 4, 2011

297. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories on college access and success via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc


2. NCAA cost-of-attendance puzzle: many schools, many methods, by Calder Silcox, Steve Berkowitz, and Jodi Upton - http://t.co/6IG4nQ3 via @USATODAY - "Instead, each school's financial-aid office makes an estimate — and each school uses its own formula. An estimate for in-state and out-of-state students is reported to the NCAA each year."


3. New school set to open, by Virginia Shank - Tribune Chronicle - Warren, OH: http://bit.ly/ofUjGz - "In 1997 the state legislature passed a law allowing community, or charter schools, to operate in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Education, there now are some 300 such schools in Ohio, including several in the Mahoning Valley. The privately operated schools receive public dollars, and typically cater to at-risk pupils. Like other community schools, STEAM is to be funded with public money; therefore, there is no cost to the family for a student to attend."


4. Debt, Dropouts and Degrees, by Libby A. Nelson - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/n6DiJq - "The report, “Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success,” was released Wednesday by Education Sector. Its authors say they aim to give a more complete picture of higher education -- rather than judging by graduation rates alone or by default rates alone -- by dividing the total amount of money undergraduates borrow at a college by the number of degrees it awards."


5. Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success, by Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon - http://www.educationsector.org/sites/default/files/publications/Debt%20to%20Degree%20CYCT_RELEASE.pdf - "The American higher education system is plagued by two chronicproblems: dropouts and debt. Barely half of the students who start college geta degree within six years, and graduation rates at less-selective colleges oftenhover at 25 percent or less. At the same time, student loan debt is at an all-timehigh, recently passing credit card debt in total volume. Loan default rates haverisen sharply in recent years, consigning a growing number of students to yearsof financial misery. In combination, drop-outs and debt are a major threat to thenation’s ability to help students become productive, well-educated citizens."


6. Texas orders ATI to stop enrolling new students - http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9OORN3G2.htm - "The Texas Workforce Commission has ordered ATI Enterprises Inc. to halt new enrollment at its 16 careers schools and complete training programs for current students. . . . The commission in April announced the company had been put on probation and required an outside auditor to review 2010 placement results."


7. University Reveals the Secrets of Winning Merit Scholarships, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/6qmUu8v via @cbsmoneywatch - "That’s why I was excited when the University of Rochester decided to share its fascinating accounting of just what mattered when the school was deciding which applicants would get its latest round of merit awards. After the university’s freshmen class had been selected, Jonathan Burdick, Rochester’s dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid, sat down this summer and analyzed the merit scholarship numbers to determine what admission factors had influenced the scholarship decisions."


8. Bloomberg to Use Own Funds in Plan to Aid Minority Youth, by Michael Barbaro and Fernanda Santos - http://nyti.ms/qOwY7K - "Even as crime has fallen and graduation rates have risen in New York over the past decade, city officials said that black and Latino men, especially those between ages 16 and 24, remained in crisis by nearly every measure, including rates of arrest, school suspension and poverty. Although the populations of young white, black and Latino men in New York are roughly the same size, 84 percent of those in the city’s detention facilities and nearly all of those admitted to children’s and family services facilities are black and Latino youth, according to data from the Bloomberg administration. “The magnitude of the disparities is stunning,” said Linda I. Gibbs, the deputy mayor for health and human services. “It’s tragic.”


9. Teach for America 2011 acceptance rate: 11 percent, by Jenna Johnson - Campus Overload - http://t.co/TQlr2g6 via @washingtonpost - "Since 2008, Teach for America has compiled a “top contributors list” to rank schools of similar size by the number of students who are accepted into the program. This year, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor had the highest number of students selected, with 119. For medium-sized schools, Harvard led the pack with 66 placements. And for small schools with fewer than 2,999 undergraduates, Spelman College had 36 placements."


10. America's Top Colleges: Forbes List - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/forbes-top-colleges-for_n_917203.html#s320311&title=Williams_College - "For the second year in a row, Williams College, a small, western-Massachusetts liberal arts school, has been named as the best undergraduate institution in America. With total annual costs adding up to nearly $55,000, a Williams education is certainly not cheap, but the 2,000 undergraduates here have among the highest four-year graduation rates in the country, win loads of prestigious national awards like Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, and are often rewarded with high-paying careers."


11. HBCU Voices: Students On Why HBCUs Remain Relevant - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/hbcu-voices-students-on-w_n_917066.html#s320667&title=Danyelle_Gary_Hampton - "Here at HuffPost College, we asked current HBCU students to share what their schools meant to them. The response to this question was overwhelming. Many students said they were accepted to "predominantly white institutions," but chose instead HBCUs to connect to their past and present. Others said they sought the communities they found at HBCUs, or wanted to continue a family tradition of HBCU education."

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

296. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories on college access and success via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc


2. ROTCs return to Ivy League, by Jim Michaels - http://t.co/cHv2lFV via @USATODAY - "Since the Pentagon last year repealed "Don't ask, don't tell," that argument was nullified and anti-ROTC campuses have become more receptive to the military. The Navy has reached agreements with Yale, Harvard and Columbia to establish programs on their campuses."


3. Students, seniors may feel impact of debt deal, by Sandra Block - http://t.co/L0pf2Jb via @USATODAY - "Interest on federally subsidized student loans for graduate students will accrue while students are in school. Currently, interest on doesn't begin to accrue until they graduate. The change will take effect on July 1, 2012, says Justin Draeger, a spokesman for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.In addition, the deal will eliminate on-time repayment incentives for all federal student loans, effective July 1, 2012. Currently, federal Stafford loan borrowers who make 12 consecutive on-time payments are eligible for a rebate of 0.5% of the loan amount, which is applied to the 1% repayment fee."


4. 'Uneducated Guesses' by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/r8WeGA - "Between 2001 and 2009, the passing rate on AP exams fell from 60.8 to 56.5 percent -- as the number of students who took an AP exam increased from 17 percent to 26 percent of the public high school population. As the critical articles noted, however, some high schools had very low pass rates, while others had very high rates."


5. 12 Things College Freshmen Should Be Doing Now, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/bQJXedk via @cbsmoneywatch - "Are you heading to college for the first time later this month? If so, it’s important to start getting prepared. Here are 12 things that you should be doing now:"


6. Statistics Show More Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren, by Sarah D. Sparks - http://t.co/kCijOX9 via @educationweek - "As of 2005, the most recent data, grandparents cared for 13.8 percent of preschoolers—more than Head Start, day-care centers, and nursery schools combined. They also provided care for 12.8 percent of all school-age children ages 5 to 14. The Census Bureau found the average time children spent in their grandparents’ care also increased, from 13 hours a week in 2005 to 14 to 16 hours per week in 2006."


7. Debt Deal May Offer Only Temporary Reprieve for Student-Aid Programs, by Kelly Field - http://chronicle.com/article/Debt-Deal-May-Offer-Only/128468/ - "It also provides $17-billion over two years to shore up the Pell Grant program, which has doubled in cost over the past three years and faces a multibillion-dollar deficit.By closing most of that gap, the deal makes it easier for appropriators to maintain the maximum award at $5,550 in 2012 without slashing other programs. But the reprieve comes at a cost and is likely to be temporary. To pay for Pell Grants, the deal will end subsidies for interest on graduate students' loans while they are still in school, while eliminating the interest-rate reduction for on-time loan repayment for all borrowers."


8. Stone-Cold Sober Schools: Princeton Review List - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/stone-cold-sober-schools-_n_916935.html#s321095&title=Brigham_Young_University Which area college made this list? - "Not all colleges have parties where students do keg-stands with abandon. According to the Princeton Review, the schools listed below are the most stone-cold sober in the country."


9. Schools With The Happiest Students: Princeton Review List - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/happiest-students_n_915868.html#s320143&title=Rice_University - "Happiness and an academic setting don't have to be mutually exclusive, at least according to the Princeton Review. The Review surveyed more than 122,000 students nationwide on everything from party habits to study habits. See below for the schools where students maintain a rosy outlook."


10. Solving achievement gap will take innovation, Harvard professor says, by Erin Albanese MLive.com - http://t.co/sJaKfu1 - "The U.S. is failing to prepare large numbers of young people to succeed in the 21st century economy, he said. The goal is to increase learning for white children and even more quickly increase that for blacks and Hispanics who are further behind.“Nationally, it’s in our interest for all groups of students to reach their full potential,” he said."


11. The Top 10 U.S. Colleges for Financial Aid, By Sheryl Nance-Nash: http://srph.it/qufAsZ http://t.co/SAL3ycl via @AOL - "The company considered how many students received aid compared to the number of students who needed it, how much of their financial needs were met and how many students received all the aid they needed, as well as how satisfied students said they were with their awards."

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

295. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc


2. Students to feel pinch in debt deal, by Jennifer Liberto - http://t.co/ebcu35s via @CNNMoney - "As part of the savings to trim the deficits, Congress would scrap a special kind of federal loan for graduate students. So-called subsidized student loans don't charge students any interest on the principal of student loans until six months after students graduated.Congress would also nix a special credit for all students who make 12 months of on-time loan payments.The changes would take place July 1, 2012.For taxpayers, the savings taken from the pockets of students will total $21.6 billion over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office."


3. Kids bound for college; what's a parent to do? by Kim Painter - http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/teen-ya/story/2011/08/Kids-bound-for-college-whats-a-parent-to-do/49759756/1 - "Many parents know how she feels. Their child's summer between high school graduation and a college life away from home is ending — and so is a chapter in their family's story. . . . Here are a few ways for parents to help themselves and their children prepare, even in these final days:"


4. Student Lending's Failing Grade, by Christian Deritis - http://image.exct.net/lib/fefb127575640d/m/2/Student+Lendings+Failing+Grade.pdf -"Unless students limit their debt burdens, choose fields of study that are in demand, and successfully complete their degrees on time, they will find themselves in worse financial positions and unable to earn the projectedincome that justified taking out their loans in the first place."


5. Ohio U. Is Named No. 1 Party School by Princeton Review, by Molly Redden - http://chronicle.com/article/Another-Year-Another-Top/128464/ - "Like their Greek forebears, students at Ohio University in Athens know how to party—at least, that's what student surveys revealed to Princeton Review Inc. for its 2012 Best Colleges guide. This year, the Bobcats are No. 1 on the guide's list of top party schools.It's a ranking officials at most colleges deride as silly and unscientific, based, as it is, only on students' perception of how much their peers drink—a figure prone to overestimation."


6. Missouri Law: Teachers and Students Can't Be Facebook Friends, by Kayla Webley - http://t.co/TCvxSLp via @TIMENewsFeed - "With a new law, Missouri has became the first in the nation to prohibit social networking between students and teachers. When Missouri Senate Bill 54, which was signed by the governor last week, takes effect later this month, teachers and students will no longer be able to connect on any site (not just Facebook) that allows for private communication.The bill, also called the "Amy Hestir Student Protection Act," is designed to protect students from sexual misconduct by teachers. It is named for a Missouri woman who was continually molested and assaulted by her junior high school teacher."


7. Darling-Hammond: The mess we are in - The Answer Sheet, by Valerie Strauss - http://t.co/DOE1o6Q via @washingtonpost - "We are here to protest the policies that produce the increasingly segregated and underfunded schools so many of our children attend, and we are here to represent the parents, educators and community members who fight for educational opportunity for them against the odds every day."


8. Do your homework on college financial aid, by Gail Marks Jarvis - http://bit.ly/quAMIU via @STLtoday - "Often less attention goes into selecting student loans. The decision gets shunted aside or made in an instant because tuition is due. Loans have confusing names, and the financial aid office at your college might provide little guidance. Many students assume all student loans are similar — a mistake that can inflict thousands of dollars in unnecessary debt."

Monday, August 1, 2011

294. 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. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc


2. Community colleges step in to fill 'skills gap' by Tami Luhby - http://t.co/EzWFwe3 via @CNNMoney - "Employers are turning to community colleges because those lining up at the door aren't qualified," said Anthony Carnevale, director of Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce. "The skills requirement has gone up and employers don't train entry-level workers anymore."


3. Short-Term Stability, But . . . , by Libby A. Nelson - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/ooWXD3 - "Congressional leaders appeared late Sunday to have reached a deal on increasing the nation’s debt limit that would avoid many of higher education’s worst-case scenarios: cuts to Pell Grants, the end of subsidized student loans, or a government default that would leave student financial aid and other funding for colleges in limbo going into the fall semester.
But as details about the deal began to emerge Sunday evening, it became clear that the plan leaves colleges and universities with plenty of long-term uncertainty."


4. Education Policy Critics March on White House, by Nirvi Shah - http://t.co/yTY0EN0 via @educationweek - "Teachers and their supporters gathered near the White House on Saturday afternoon to chant, cheer, and march for a variety of changes they hope to see in public schools—most notably, a 180-degree shift away from standards- and testing-based accountability."


5. A Progress Report on Geography, by Timothy Williams - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/us/01questions.html?src=recg - "The good news is that students did not do all that poorly: Fifty-six percent of high school seniors knew, for instance, that glaciation formed the Great Lakes. The bad news is that students have not shown much improvement from previous exams and that only about one in four fourth graders was able to identify all seven continents correctly."


6. Debt-Ceiling Deal Provides $17-Billion for Pell Grants, by Kelly Field - http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/fate-of-student-aid-in-debt-ceiling-deal-still-unclear/34973 - "Like the House’s version of the bill, it would provide $17-billion for the Pell Grant program, which is expected to run an $11-billion shortfall this year. The Senate had proposed $18-bilion for the program. It’s unclear if the agreement would end the in-school subsidy on federal loans to graduate students, though it’s likely, since both the House and Senate supported the idea.Regardless, the measure offers only a temporary reprieve for the Pell program."


7. State Schools That Pay: PayScale List - http://wwstate/ Schools w.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/state-schools-that-pay-pa_n_914676.html#s319406&title=State_University_of - "Tech schools and maritime colleges dominated the salary website PayScale's list of state schools with the best mid-career salaries. It makes sense when you consider that several forms of engineering topped PayScale's list of best-paying majors."


8. The 12 Top-Paying Liberal Arts Schools: PayScale Report - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/the-12-top-paying-liberal_n_913081.html#s318156&title=Harvey_Mudd_College - "Harvey Mudd College is the top paying liberal arts school in the country, according to the salary website PayScale's report on alumni median career earnings. It's no surprise this Claremont school tops the list -- it focuses heavily on engineering, which dominated the list of best-paying majors. Harvey Mudd is followed closely by Colgate University in New York."