2011-2012 Issues
Volume 26

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June 2012
Feature Articles: Tech Talk: From "How 'Techy' Are Today's Students?" to New Apps and Online Courses. Year-End Ad Watch: From College Profiles to New Three-Year Degrees. CB Goes to EWA: From Reports on What Makes College Students Succeed to the Latest Opinions on College Spending. Curriculum Capsules: From Music to Arab Studies. The Counselor's Bookshelf. Tuition Tabs. And, of course News You Can Use!

May 2012
Feature Articles: Wait Lists and Other Trends: From the U. of Chicago to Princeton and UNC; California Bound: A look at the latest state stats. The Counselor's Corner: Six Spring Studies (and a Resource or Two). The Counselor's Bookshelf. Financial Affairs and, of course, News You Can Use on Civic Learning, the Common Application and Scholarship Scoops.

April 2012
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: Early Returns from Select Schools; Results of Student Hopes and Dreams Survey. Community College Updates--Reports and New Programs. Curriculum Capsules on new programs in civil engineering, sciences and applied psychology. Scholarship Scoops that look global and local. News You Can Use on the GRE and more.

March 2012
Feature Articles: Admissions Trends 2012: In the Ivies and Beyond including state news, tuition tabs and scholarship scoops. College Costs Quandary with reports on college savings, tuition, endowments and student debt. The Counselor’s Corner: CB Survey Results on Gender and Minority Affairs.  International Affairs. Graduation Rates: More from CB's Survey.

February 2012
Feature Articles: "Rush to Early" and "Parental Pushback," Trends Cited in CB's 26th Annual National College Admissions Survey; The Financial Picture, Application Trends, Wait Lists and Class Sizes: The Early Picture; The Counselor's Corner: Updates on New Programs or Majors and Merit Scholarships; Short Takes on a Tuition Guarantee and a Test Optional School; Admissions Watch: Boston U., Northwestern U. and other Top Universities.

January 2012
Feature Articles: New Year Roundup of Financial Affairs, Tax Breaks to Recession Rebates; Early Admissions Watch, Columbia to Yale; Other Admissions News; Sneak Preview of CB's Survey Results, Advice from Admissions Officers; Curriculum Capsules, Enrollment Trends; and, News You Can Use including a scholarship scoop or two

December 2011
Feature Articles: The Early Birds Turn to College, Bowdoin to Yale; Education Writers Meet at UCLA on Higher Education Trends, First-Year Students at a Glance; Enrollment Trends; The Counselor's Bookshelf; Scholarship Scoops; And, Curriculum Capsules, California to Maine.

November 2011
Feature Articles: Financial Matters Top News with reports on the latest on the Federal Dollar, New College Cost Initiatives and State Stresses. Enrollment Trends 2011: spot checks on schools. The Counselor's Corner: Aspects of student life. The Counselor's Bookshelf. Minority Affairs, Scholarship Scoops. And, News You Can Use.

October 2011
Feature Articles: Higher Education Nation (Reports from NBC's Education Summit); “Tweeking” the Admissions Process (New Policies and Programs Impacting the Admissions Process); The Counselor's Corner: The Greene Report; Scholarship Scoops; The Counselor's Bookshelf; Curriculum Capsules and News You Can Use .

September 2011
The Economy Impacts Admissions: Colleges Hold On; Debt Deal Spares Most Student Aid; Student Debt; Loan Bubble: Enrollment Overall. Fall Admissions Watch: Brandeis to Oregon to Wabash and more. The Counselor's Corner on the Internet Generation. The Counselor's Bookshelf: Guides and College Prep. International Affairs, Curriculum Capsules and  News You Can Use.