2014-2015 Issues
Volume 29

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June 2015
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: Openings, Yields and Wait Lists: From American U. to Williams. Financial Aid Flash: California Tuition Deal, Merit Aid Questions and Student Loan Rate Declines. Enrollment Trends: Check out Saint Mary-of-the Woods, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Small Schools, Spring Enrollment Numbers and the Latest Stat on Male/Female Ratios. The Counselor's Corner: Avoiding Student Loan Scams. Counselor's Bookshelf: Books on Colleges That Pay You Back, the Modern Research University and Best High Schools. Tuition Tabs: From Barnard to UVA. International Affairs: Reports on Japanese Students and Students in Canada. High Stress, High Schools: A New Report on Student Life.  News You Can Use: On Changing Majors, Job Market, Student Assessment and School Closings.

May 2015
Feature Articles: People are Talking About... Who Got In? 2015 From Barnard to Williams, Maine to California. The Counselor's Corner: New Financial Aid and Trends in Community Colleges. New Test Optional Schools. The Counselor's Bookshelf: New Books Hot Off the Press About Where Students Go..., Colleges as Economic Drivers, a Liberal Education and a Guide, or Two, to Colleges. Curriculum Capsules: New Three-Plus-Four-Year Program, New Civic Engagement Programs and Tougher New Requirements. News You Can Use: Calling Future Teachers and Reports on Sleep, High School Grads, Foreign College Searches and Who Really Pays for College, or Not.

April 2015
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: First Wave of Admit Numbers Are In. Acceptances Announced From Massachusetts to California. Enrollment Trends: News on Journalism Programs, Nursing and Individual Schools. TheCounselor's Corner: What Schools are Doing to Hold the Line on College Costs. The Counselor's Bookshelf: Hot Off the Press Items on the Future of College, The History of Adulthood and Acing the ACT. Who are Today's Freshmen? Items from a National Survey of Freshmen. And, Curriculum Capsules: New Methods of Study, New Requirements, and New Subjects to Study.

March 2015
Feature Articles: Admissions Watch: Apps Surge Amidst Some Planned Declines. Application News From California to Massachusetts . Financial Aid Flash: News on Student Loans and Debt Relief, Unused Aid and New Aid and Tools. Enrollment Trends: From Individual Schools to Nationwide Reports. The Counselor's Corner: A Roundup of New Curriculum Programs from Engineering and Chemistry to Hospitality and Broadcasting.  Scholarship Scoops: Aid Info for Agricultural Students, Catholic Institutions and a Website on Finding Aid for Students in One State. Report on the Growth of the Work College Model. Profiles of Schools Throughout the Country. And, News You Can Use: Universities Consolidate and Reports on the State of Student Skills.

February 2015
Feature Articles: America’s Promise: The Ins and Outs of President Obama’s Call for a New Program to Provide Students With Free Access to Community College. Financial Affairs: From Granny Aid to Aid in the States. Financial Aid Flash: Getting in the FAFSA and a Look at FAFSA Questions and Possible Revisions. The Counselor's Corner: New Approaches to Getting In With Interventions and International Approaches. The Counselor’s Bookshelf: New Books Hot off the Press. Curriculum Capsules: From Beer, (yes it is true) and American Indian Studies. Career Capsules: Who Needs Skills and What Employer’s Value. And, News You Can Use: Garnering Alternative Credits and a Scholarship Scoop.

January 2015
Feature Articles: Financial Matters in the New Year: At Colleges and in the States. Admissions Watch: Early Applications Poured into Admissions Offices This Fall. See the Early Stats. Scholarship Scoops: New Announcements From Organizations and Colleges. Enrollment Trends: Who Was Up, Who Was Down in Fall 2014. The Counselor's Corner: Mistakes Parents Make in Paying for College. Curriculum Capsules: New Majors and Programs in Entrepreneurship, Middle Eastern and North African Studies and Health Care Advocacy. International Affairs: What's Up in Canada and Around the Globe. And, News You Can Use: Why Counselors Matter, Diversity Strategies and Campus Life Issues.

December 2014
Feature Articles: THE GREENE REPORT: Three Trends to Watch in the New Year. Financial Affairs: New Financial Support for Guidance Counseling. New Schools Joining College 529 Plans. The 2014-14 Cost/Debt Totals. Status of Tuition Revenue Growth. And More. Admissions Watch: Early, Early Reports. An Application Week. A New Personality Test for Admission. Enrollment Trends: What Happened to the Recession Class of 2008? Who is Up? Who is Down? Curriculum Capsules: New Majors and Programs in Fashion Merchandising to Other Specialized Business Degrees. International Affairs: Who is Coming to the U.S. to Study? Who is Going Abroad? And What is the State of Higher Ed in European Countries? News You Can Use: More Test Optional Schools. Immigration Reform Implications. Athlete Graduation Rates. Is There Interest in Medical School? And, a Word on Student Engagement.

November 2014
Feature Articles: Cracking the Code: Getting Young Women to STEM.  New Approaches and Programs. Admissions Watch: Who Got In? From Azusa to Utah. New Enrollment Concerns: Where the Growth Is, Or Isn't. New Recruitment Efforts: In Chicago, Syracuse and Beyond. Curriculum Capsules: New Majors and Programs in Engineering, Public Health...and Contemporary Theater. Financial Aid Flash: Who is Actually Borrowing Money. News You Can Use: On the Big Ten and Graduate Hiring

October 2014
Feature Articles: A Report From NACAC: The Latest Trends, Surveys, Reports, Announcements and More. Admissions Watch: Who is Enrolling Where at a Variety of Colleges and Universities. Financial Affairs: Why Does Tuition Keep Rising? How are the Federal Student Loan Default Rates Doing? And What States are Providing New Resources. The Counselor's Bookshelf: Publications on Display at NACAC. Curriculum Capsules: New Majors and Programs Around the Country. Scholarship Scoops: Updates on a Few Tried and True and a New One for Students Involved in Community Programs. Plus, News You Can Use: On Schools Abroad, Top Entrepreneur Schools, Predictors of Success...and Best Dining Experiences at Colleges. Yes, It is True. Food Matters.

September 2014
Feature Articles: Fall Outlook in the States: What Happened in the States over the Summer from California to Massachusetts, Minnesota to New Mexico. Tuition Tabs: The Latest Results from the ACT and What the Numbers Mean for College Readiness. Also, A Hard Issue Faces Low-Income Students. Plus, a Bevy of New Schools That are Going Test Optional.  The Counselor's Corner: What Counselor’s and Admissions Officers Might Need to Know When Talking with Parents This Fall. The Counselor's Bookshelf: New Books on Essays. A Report on the Common Core. And a New Company to Help Students Once Admitted to College. Curriculum Capsules: From Studying in France to Immersion Projects in the Silicon Valley. Also, a New Major in “Contemplative” Studies, the First One in the U.S. Scholarship Scoops: New Scholarships for Those Achieving at Seeming Insurmountable Odds. Plus, Scholarships to Study STEM Subjects at Florida’s Newest State U.