2012-2013 Issues
Volume 27

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June 2013
Feature Articles: Where Things Stand: Loans, Debts and 529s. Yield Action: From Brown U. to the U. of Chicago. The Counselor's Corner: Why Travel to Scotland for College? The Counselor's Bookshelf: Items to Send with College Bound Students. State News: From East Carolina to Wyoming. And, News You Can Use: Spring Enrollment Numbers, Hispanic College Rates and Dual Enrollment Benefits.

May 2013
Feature Articles: Who Got In? Record Rejectons: The May Roundup of Admissions News from Amherst to Williams. Tuition Tabs: Who is Holding the Line, Who is Giving More Aid. The Counselor's Corner: It’s the Economy: How the Economy is Impacting Higher Education, Students and Families. The Counselor's Bookshelf: A New Tool and New Rankings. News You Can Use: Reports on the Contributions Colleges Make to a Community, the Traits of Successful Schools and Who Stays in School.

April 2013
Feature Articles: Inside Admissions Offices: Spring Roundup of Admissions News from Boston to Texas. NCAA Stats That Caught Our Eye: The Impact of an NCAA Appearance. Who Got In? A Spot Check of Ivy League Numbers. The Counselor's Corner: Ways to Save Tuition. The Counselor's Bookshelf: New Books and What People Are Talking About. Curriculum Capsules: New Criminal Justice and Community Health Programs. News You Can Use: The Impact of the Sequestration, Family "Hopes and Worries," Changing Trends in Admissions and a New Scholarship for Students from the Americas.

March 2013
Feature Articles: New Programs in the States: New Resources in Connecticut to Texas Calling Engineering Students. Ad Watch: Where Applications are Up. Financial Matters: College Endowments Down, Fund Raising Slows and How to Get the New Scorecard. The Counselor’s Corner: Who Got In? CB’s Annual Survey, Plus Advice from Admissions Offices and Tuition Tabs. Curriculum Capsules: New Majors and a Scholarship or Two. Testing Tabs. And, of course News You Can Use!

February 2013
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: From Babson C. to Williams C. State News Alerts: Projections on Growth and Declines, State Programs on Financial Aid and Trends to Watch in the States. Financial Affairs: Moody's Outlook on Tuition, Are Net Price Calculators Working? Who Got In? Enrollment Trends from CB's Annual Survey. New Programs and Majors: From Chinese Literature to Architectural Engineering.  Curriculum Capsules: From Biological Sciences to Global Climate Change. Online U News. Are Online Programs Growing? Who Has the "Best" Programs? And, News You Can Use including Scholarship Scoops.

January 2013
Feature Articles: Who Got In Early? From Barnard to Yale. Financial Affairs: From the Latest Word on College Loans to Who Uses 529? Inside Financial Aid Offices: Tuition Resets to Scholarship Scoops. The Counselor's Corner: Enrollment Ups and Downs. A Roundup of Recent Rankings: Some New Twists on College Comparisons. Curriculum Capsules: From the Arts to Medical Humanities. And, of Course, News You Can Use.

December 2012
Feature Articles: College Admissions Goes Global. New Reports on International Students on Campus, the Global Talent Pool and Foreign-born Students. Plus, Global Affairs Around the Globe. The Early Word on Applications. Enrollment Trends: Around the Country and on College Campuses. The Counselor’s Corner: Frank Leana Provides Ten Steps for Juniors. Online U. News: New Consortiums, Programs and the State of WGU. Curriculum Capsules: From Computer Science to Middle East Studies. Scholarship Scoops. And, News You Can Use.

November 2012
Feature Articles: News from NACAC: What About Those Wait Lists? Other News on the Common App, A Survey of Admission Strategies and Tips Gleaned from Some of the NACAC Sessions. The Latest News on College Pricing: Trends in Tuition and Financial Aid from the College Board. Early Enrollment Numbers: From New York State to the State of Washington. Tuition at Top Schools. The Counselor’s Bookshelf. Financial Affairs: On College Debt to Colleges with New Aid Programs. Curriculum Capsules. And, News You Can Use.

October 2012
Feature Articles: Election 2012: What the Presidential Candidates Have to Say on College Admissions. The Greene Report: On the Outlook for the Coming Year. Fall Enrollment Inside the States: From Arkansas to Vermont. Scholarship Scoops: For Outer Space or Thinking Local. A Testing Tab: A Closer Look at the SAT Results. Financial Aid Updates: Where Tuition Has Been Slashed and Aid Increased. And, of course, News You Can Use: A Couple of Additional College Rankings.

September 2012
Feature Articles: Financial Outlook Impacting Admissions: From Problems Facing Pell Grants and Private Student Loans to the State of Scholarships and Savings. Federal Actions This Summer and State Financial News. Inside Financial Aid Offices. The Counselor's Corner: Inside Irish Universities, a first-hand report. Books hot off the press. And, Scholarship Scoops. Testing Tabs: From the ACT to the Science Report Card. Curriculum Capsules. And, News You Can Use: From what schools are doing to combat "summer melt" to the latest lists of the "most beautiful campuses."