372. College Access and Success News

Here are links to recent news on college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)

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2. Nearly 4,250 Apply to New Harvard Early Admission Program, by REBECCA R. RUIZ AND JACQUES STEINBERG: http://nyti.ms/v2Nmwd - "The college said on Monday that 4,245 students filed single choice early action applications by its Nov. 1 deadline; under that program, students are prohibited from filing early applications with other private colleges in the United States. Those 4,245 applicants represent more than double the size of Harvard’s anticipated class of 2016, and they mark a 5.9 percent increase from four years ago, when early admission was last in effect at Harvard and 4,010 students chose to apply."

3. Accreditor Questions Career Education on Placement Rates Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/sce6jn via AddThis - "A recent review by an outside law firm found that some of the company's 49 health education and art and design schools did not have sufficient documentation to back up job placements, and that 13 failed to meet the accreditor's placement rate requirement."

4. Data Driving College Preparation, by Caralee J. Adams - http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/11/16/12data_ep.h31.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-TW via @educationweek - "Once Kentucky educators started sharing data about how high school students were doing after graduation, things started to change. University professors and high school teachers began comparing notes about their expectations in class. Rigor was ramped up. Transition courses were developed in high schools to help lagging students avoid remediation in college. Advanced Placement restrictions were lifted to expose more students to college-level courses."

5. Hechinger Report Should value-added teacher ratings be adjusted for poverty? by Sarah Garland: http://hechingerreport.org/content/should-value-added-teacher-ratings-be-adjusted-for-poverty_6899/#.Tsu3t0gKqjk.twitter via AddThis - "A large body of research has found that student achievement is affected not only by a student’s individual circumstances at home, but also by the circumstances of other children in the same school and classroom. Studies have found that students surrounded by more advantaged peers tend to score higher on tests than similarly performing students surrounded by less advantaged peers. To some experts, this research suggests that a teacher with a large number of low-achieving minority children in a classroom, for example, might have a more difficult job than another teacher with few such students."

6. Cutting student aid like ‘eating our own seed corn’ by Dennis Berkey - College, Inc. -http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/guest-post-cutting-student-aid-like-eating-our-own-seed-corn/2011/11/22/gIQADl11kN_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_twitter via @washingtonpost -"But the word out of Washington is that financial aid is not viewed as investment, but as spending. Cutting aid to low-income students would be a form of eating our own seed corn. These programs contribute mightily to our nation’s bottom line. They create highly skilled workers. They stimulate our economy. They even help create jobs. Clearly, it is time for a reminder as to why these programs are so vital."