Here are links to recent news on college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)
1. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily on http://paper.li/rottenbornj
2. Part 1: Answers to Your Questions on Applying With a Learning Disability, by Marybeth Kravets: http://nyti.ms/vPrzii - "In this first batch of answers, Ms. Kravets addresses questions on test scores and foreign language requirement waivers. Answers to additional questions will continue this week."
3. Gender Gaps in Higher Ed Around the World Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/t1VBCF via AddThis - "New data from the World Economic Forum show that gender gaps in higher education leave some countries (including the United States and many other developed nations) with female enrollments significantly outpacing male enrollments, while other countries face the opposite situation."
4. What Spurs Students to Stay in College and Learn? Good Teaching Practices and Diversity, by Dan Berrett - http://chronicle.com/article/What-Spurs-Students-to-Stay-in/129670/ - "Good teaching and exposure to students from diverse backgrounds are some of the strongest predictors of whether freshmen return for a second year of college and improve their critical thinking skills, say two prominent researchers."
5. Washington-area schools confront the ‘gifted gap,’ by Kevin Sieff -http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/2011/11/06/gIQAeYImtM_story.html?tid=sm_btn_twitter via Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive - "Most of the city’s students are black or Hispanic. Most in gifted programs are white. This imbalance in classes tailored to gifted and talented students is echoed across the region and the nation, a source of embarrassment to many educators."
6. For many middle-income families, college is no longer within reach http://t.co/faGpVcuC via @freep
7. Calculators for tuition vary Business Dallas Business, Texas Business, Fort Worth Bu...: http://t.co/htnQjg7t via @AddThis
8. Students, staff frustrated as classmates skip off with financial ... - http://t.co/1qDU5fCn http://www.bakersfield.com/archive/x1454911303/Students-staff-frustrated-as-classmates-skip-off-with-financial-aid
9. How colleges make admission decisions http://shar.es/bUTSy
10. Athletics in the Admission Process http://bit.ly/uJTZkU
11. Selling higher education to those who aren’t buying it http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Selling+higher+education+those+aren+buying/5659967/story.html
12. Nancy Berk: College Anxiety: Modern Families Caught in The Middle http://t.co/hKNqZhXo via @AddThis
13. The Tutor's Tips: The college application rush http://t.co/VtWUCQmL
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