2013-2014 Issues
Volume 28

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June 2014
Feature Articles: As We Head into Summer: Admissions Numbers Add Up in the States: From the Midwest to the East to the West. New Takes on Tuition: Where You Will Find Tuition Discounts. A Tuition Sampler: The Latest Numbers from a Sampling of Schools. The Counselor's Corner: Year-End Food for Thought. Plus, a Link to Find Out Where Schools Have Openings. The Counselor's Bookshelf: New Books and What People are Talking About. Curriculum Capsules: From Politics to Law to Civics. Scholarship Scoops: For Students in the Stem Fields and Other High Achievers. News You Can Use: On Where We are After Brown v. The Board of Education. Where Fraternities are Banned and the Last Word on the Undergraduate Experience

May 2014
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: Who Got In? 2014. From Amherst to Wellesley. Minority Affairs: From Affirmative Action to Post Affirmative Action to Minority Trends. The Counselor's Corner: New Trends to Watch. The Counselor's Bookshelf: New Books, Guides and a Financial Planning Resource.Curriculum Capsules: On Nursing to New Online Programs. Dwindling Demographics: Its Impact on Colleges, as We Speak. News You Can Use: From Degrees Attainment to a Scholarship Scoop. Comings and Goings.

April 2014
Feature Articles: People are Talking About…The New SAT Pros and Cons. From California to Washington: What is the State News? From Brown to Princeton: What is the Early News on Admissions Spring 2014? What We Learned During the NCAA Tournament. The Counselor’s Corner: New Programs for a New Age. The Counselor’s Bookshelf: Publications and Web Sites. Scholarship Scoops: College Savings Plans, Scholarships for Studying Agriculture and STEM Fields. Campus Life: New Campuses, New Colleges. News You Can Use: On Gap Years, Liberal Arts, Online Learning and Much More!

March 2014
Feature Articles: Who is Up, Who is Down? An Admissions Watch on the State of Applications Around the Country. Early Admits In: How Are Early Admissions Shaping Up? California Dreaming: How Many Students Actually Applied to the California Campuses? A News Flash: Financial Aid News on Increased Need, Need-Based Changes, Tuition Freezes and More. Who Got In? More Profiles from COLLEGE BOUND’s Annual Survey of Admissions. Scholarship Scoops: On Dream Scholarships, Honors College Scholarships and More. Curriculum Capsules: Dual Enrollment, General Education Facelifts, Engineering and Changes at UMass Boston. An International Affair: What Mexico Proposes. News You Can Use: On STEM, Charitable Contributions and the Common App.

February 2014
Feature Articles: News on Data, the FAFSA and Aid: New Initiatives, Tips and Programs. Admissions Watch: From Cleveland to Maine, Florida to California. Who Got In? An Early Look at COLLEGE BOUND’s Annual Survey of  Admissions Trends with Profiles of Five Colleges. Scholarship Scoops: From Agriculture to STEM and Info on a New Scholarship for Middle Class Families. Campus Life: Where There Are Bikes, Trees, Snow and Tours. International Affairs: In the United Kingdom and Israel. News You Can Use: On Tests and Studies Impacting Students.

January 2014
Feature Articles: Early Results of Some Early Apps: From Boston to Colorado and Back. Enrollment Trends: Where Fall College Enrollment was Down, or Up. Who is Looking for Stem Applicants? What is the Status of Minority and First-Generation Enrollments? Admissions Watch: New Agreements, and Initiatives. The Counselor's Corner: Managing a College-Going Culture:  Do Majors Matter? What are Colleges Looking for? Are Colleges Really Looking at Facebook? And New Financial Aid Tools. The Counselor's Bookshelf: Who is Likely to Do Well in Academics? Where in Latin America are the Top Universities? Financial Aid Updates: Does College Payoff? Is Debt Still Climbing? And Where Might There be New Sources of Financial Aid? News You Can Use: A Sports Beat. A Summer Program. And Who is Using Web Courses.

December 2013
Feature Articles: New Trends in International Affairs: Who is Studying in the U.S., Who is Studying Abroad. And Where There are New Programs. Financial News: Who is Targeting Low-Income Students and Where There are Cutbacks. Admissions Watch: New Admissions Options, New Requirements and New Enrollment Problems. The Counselor’s Corner: New Initiatives for Preparing Students and Getting Them to Apply to College. The Counselor’s Bookshelf: Resources for Paying for College and, Yes, New Rankings. Scholarship Scoops: Awards for Determination, Sportsmanship and Students with Special Needs. Curriculum Capsules: New Programs for a New World. News You Can Use: New Test Dates and the State of Science and Engineering Degrees

November 2013
Feature Articles: The Latest Reports on Where Tuition is Up... And Where Tuition is Kept at Bay. Online Admissions Hit a Few Snafus: A Word on the Common Application and College Navigator. Admissions Watch: Where Yield was Higher Than Expected and Where Legacies Count. The Greene Report: What Howard and Matthew Greene Have to Say About Calming the Application Process. New Scholarship Scoops: From Terrorism Studies to Classical Music. Curriculum Capsules: Where are There New Programs in Creative Writing, Legal Studies and "Socially Responsible" Business. News You Can Use: Where are the Hot Careers? Who is Getting Computer Degrees, or Not? How are Demographics Impacting the Colleges in Ohio? And, What is the Latest Word on the American Dream and the Last Word on Saving for College.

October 2013
Feature Articles: The Early Word on the Class of 2017: Inside Admissions Offices from Massachusetts to California. Financial Affairs News: From Grants to Loans to a Tuition Tab. The Counselor's Corner: A Focus on the Admissions Process including News from NACAC, New Programs for Low-Income Students and New Aid Sources. The Counselor's Bookshelf: A Guide or Two and a New Book or Two Hot Off the Press. Curriculum Capsules: Colleges with New Programs in Business, Computing and the Environment. Enrollment Trends: In Community Colleges and at Graduate Schools. News You Can Use: Who has the Top Entrepreneurial Programs? And What Did the College Board Say About the Latest Sats?

September 2013
Feature Articles: Summer Admission Stories Summary: Reports on the News Over the Summer, Summer Melt, Financial Aid Updates and International Affairs. Federal Dollar News Looks at President Obama’s New Plan for Higher Education. Also, New Reports Center on the Federal Debt and the Impact of Federal Aid on College Costs. The Counselor's Corner Takes “a Look at the Forest” Before We Focus on the Trees with Reports on Overall Enrollment Trends. The Counselor's Bookshelf Examines New Items Hot of the Press. Curriculum Capsules Includes Items about Film Schools, STEM Initiatives and New Majors and Degrees. Tech Talk: What Students and Parents Say about the Use of Technology. News You Can Use: What Did the Supreme Court Say This Summer about Diversity? Where Can Illegal Immigrants Go to School? Plus, What Were the Employment Stats for Recent College Grads.