In his book, The Privileged Poor, author Tony Jack shares a surprising statistic.
At highly selective colleges, one half of black students and one third of lower income Latino students are the alumni of boarding, day, and preparatory high schools.
Offering admission to such students is “easy” and “a safer bet” for universities, Jack noted Tuesday during a #NACACreadsTwitter chat. After all, students who attend college prep high schools generally arrive on campus already having developed the skills and social capital needed to navigate the “hidden curriculum” of higher education.
But Jack challenged chat participants to diversify their recruitment strategies and invest in on-campus efforts that ensure all students have the knowledge and support needed to make the most of their college years.
Unless you work in the admission field — or have a college student in your household — it’s easy to lose track.
Inflation also complicates matters, making it difficult to see how the cost of tuition, fees, room, and board have changed over time.
To make comparisons easier, The College Board crunched the numbers using 2018 dollars. A new list published by CNBC uses that data to chart college costs for each academic year between 1971-72 and 2018-19.
Could changing the federal financial aid structure help more student-parents earn a degree?
A recent op-ed published by the Center for American Progress argues that awarding larger Pell Grants could help more parents persist to graduation.
“These funds would not be enough to cover anywhere close to the full cost of child care—nor would they address underlying structural issues related to the lack of available spots in high-quality child care options—but they would at least recognize that parents face larger costs than nonparents, including for things that go beyond child care, such as food or clothing,” Ben Miller, vice president for postsecondary education at American Progress, notes in his column.
Find resources to share with your students and keep tabs on the latest developments within the profession using the association’s new directory of member podcasts.
Are your students interested in exploring educational options outside the US?
NACAC’s newly updated Guide to International University Admissionfeatures country profiles and admission advice for 13 destinations that have proven popular among US students seeking full degrees outside their home country.
A new podcast series from NPR is designed to help students make the most out of higher ed.
How to Succeed at College offers advice on how to pick classes, what to talk about at office hours, and the best strategies for studying. One episode even includes information about how to land a job after graduation.
“No matter where you are coming from, college can be a huge transition, and figuring out how to make it work for you is super-important,” host Elissa Nadworny says in an introduction to the series. “…”We’re going to cover a lot of ground: from making friends to nailing job interviews and how to roll with it when things don’t go as planned.”
In his book, The Privileged Poor, author Tony Jack shares a surprising statistic.
