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June 2017
FEATURE ARTICLES: Admissions Watch: Class of 2021 Shapes Up from Maine to Virginia, New Hampshire to California. A Look at a New High School Transcript. (What Does it Mean?) Enrollment Trends: What Administrators are Doing to Increase Their Applications. Financial Aid Matters: On Tuition Discounting, Parent's Remorse and Resources for Financial Aid. SUMMER READING: Books on Unforgettable College Admissions Essays, Financial Aid, Hidden Ivies, Urban Higher Education and New Strategies for Higher Education Leaders. CURRICULUM CAPSULES: On Aerospace Physiology, New Dual-Degree Programs and Putting College Majors to Work. Tech Talk: New Facial Recognition Tools on Campus and New Models for Libraries. And, NEWS YOU CAN USE: On the Increase in Anxiety Among Students, AP Courses or Not, Forces Transforming Higher Ed, and a New Network for Independent Counselors.
May 2017
MAY IS NOW AVAILABLE: Admissions Watch: The Roundup of Admissions Decisions from Colleges Around the Country Continues. From A to, Well, W. Enrollment Trends: From Putting Students on Career Path's Earlier in Their College Program to Where States are Guaranteeing Transfers to a New Test Optional School. Financial Aid Matters: What Will Be the Future of Direct Student Loans? What Are States Doing to Keep Students? And, a New Scholarship to Develop "Formation Scholars." Counselor's Bookshelf: New Resources on Honors Programs to Making Sense of Financial Aid Award Letters to Practice Tests in Math. Curriculum Capsules: New Options for the Study of Languages, Public Health, Oceanography, Criminology and Rural Health. And, News You Can Use: On New Virtual Programs, the Top Peace Corps Schools and Possible New Support for HBCUs.
April 2017
FEATURE ARTICLES: Special Spring Admissions Issue: A Roundup of Admissions Decisions from Colleges Around the Country. With More Applications Reported at Some Schools to Larger Class Sizes Expected at Others. (Yes, it is Harder to Get into Many Colleges and Universities This Year.) The 2017 Ivy League Results: The Stats from Brown to Yale. And, Harvard Admits But 5 Percent of Applicants. A Word or Two About International Applications: Do They Remain High? And, the Latest on Financial Aid Matters: Tuition and Financial Aid in California. Student Debt and Endowments in the Nation. Finally, Does Online Education Help Students Get Jobs?
March 2017
FEATURE ARTICLE: Admissions Watch: Trends Among the States. From Arizona to New York. Florida to Illinois. Admissions Among the Privates: From Harvard and Princeton to Miami U. and Union C. New Report on the Trends in Community Colleges Nationwide. A Report on the State Aid to Higher Ed. Financial Matters: In California and Georgia, Texas and New York. The Counselor's Bookshelf: Resources About Tuition, Honors Programs, Catholic Colleges and New Funding Sources. Scholarship Scoops: At Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Grants for Internships. International News: The State of Admissions in England and Northern Ireland. And, News You Can Use: The Impact of Social Media, A new Computer Science Major, The State of Transfer Students and the New Common Application Essays
February 2017
FEATURE ARTICLES: More Apps, New Deadlines: From Boston to Virginia, Cleveland to Colorado, Atlanta to Iowa. Enrollment Trends: Georgia’s Latest Consolidations. Where Enrollment is Increasing. Where the International Students Are, Where African American Students Are Not. The Counselor's Corner: February Financial Affairs: On College Access, the Role of Grandparents, Student Loans, Tuition Tabs and Scholarship Scoops. Fall 2016 Enrollment Trends: A New National Report. Curriculum Capsules: New Cybersecurity Study, New Hospitality Programs. New Degree in Supply Chain Management. Short Takes on Online U. News. Offering Nursing Across State Lines. DePaul U. Online Enrollment Grows. And, News You Can Use: On Diversity Gaps, Reducing Student Stress, How Character Counts. Plus, England Debates a New Framework for Universities.
January 2017
FEATURE ARTICLES: Early Admissions Watch: From Brown to Illinois to Yale. Enrollment Trends: Where the Future High School Graduates are Likely to Be, Where Pell Numbers Grow, Where Women Increase in Numbers and Where New International Students Might Go. What to Do After Early Rejection: Three Top Tips. The Counselor's Corner: New Financial Affairs News. Counselor's Bookshelf: On Planning for College, Paying for College and How to Improve Public Universities. Curriculum Capsules: New Criminal Justice Major and Civic Engagement Minor. International Assessment: How U.S. Students are Doing in Science, Math and Reading Literacy. And, News You Can Use: On Law Schools, Screening for Felonies, Engineering Experiences and News Ways of Notifying Students of Acceptances
December 2016
FEATURE ARTICLE: How Many International Students Study in the United States? How Many U.S. Students Study Abroad? Other Admission News: From Antioch to Yale. Financial News Tops 2016: New Report on the State of Tuition, Student Aid, Borrowing and Debt. Scholarship Scoops: For the Study of Meteorology and Related Sciences, To Assist Rural Students, In Honor of Anniversaries and To Give Something Back. Curriculum Capsules: A New Major and A Word About "Cracking the Gender Code" Report. Campus Life: On the Youth Vote, Student Anxiety, Hunger on Campus and Student Shoppers. And, Of Course, News You Can Use.
October 2016
FEATURE ARTICLES: Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Higher Education? A Look at What Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Gary Johnson Have to Say. October's Admissions Watch: From Fast Track Days to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, And, Inside Numbers from Buffalo to Temple. More Fall Financial Aid News: A Look at Colleges with the Highest and Lowest Student Debt. The New Federal Aid Experiment. Who is Meeting Full Need. Who Doesn't Apply for Aid. And, Do States Favor the Affluent. The Counselor's Corner: How One Student Picked Her College This Year. Plus, Counselor's Bookshelf, Curriculum Capsules. And, Of Course, News You Can Use.
September 2016
FEATURES: Fall '16 Admissions News Roundup: From Antioch to William & Mary, East, North South and West. ENROLLMENT TRENDS: From Discount Rates to New Dual Enrollment Programs. FALL FINANCIAL AID MATTERS: What are the New Aid Strategies? What Changes in the FAFSA Filing Calendar Means. Why Some Families May Need to Use New Strategies. What is the Current Student Debt? And How Are Families Paying for College? Plus, SCHOLARSHIP SCOOPS. COUNSELOR’S BOOKSHELF. CURRICULUM CAPSULES. And NEWS YOU CAN USE....
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