There is nothing like the college admission process to bring out the drama.
Abigail Henkin, a recent graduate of Chicago’s Lane Tech College Prep, thinks so anyway.
Her play, Decision Day, likens selecting a college to a dating game. The play beat out more than 500 submissions to be featured in the 31st annual Young Playwrights Festival in Chicago.
Can artificial intelligence prevent summer melt?
Georgia State University is testing this theory and, so far, the results have been promising.
As a counselor, it is too easy to feel unappreciated or to feel as though you aren’t making a difference.
But one former student is here to reassure you that even the smallest acts can make the biggest difference.
Gloria Delores Chin recently wrote a beautiful tribute to her high school college counselor, Dr. Donald Comras, in the New York Daily News thanking him for being “a source of support.”
College applications are on the rise and the process can be complicated, both for students and admission professionals.
The average number of applications each admission office staff member reviews annually is 854, according to NACAC’s State of College Admission (SOCA).
These high numbers can be daunting, especially for schools that engage in a holistic review of applicants.
The Washington Post recently took a closer look at the review process at the University of Maryland, offering parents and students a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the admission world and giving admission professionals a chance to share what it takes to make these tough decisions.
Continue reading WaPo Offers a Peek Inside the Holistic Admission Process
It is always rewarding to see your work play out in the lives of the students you serve. But every once in a while, it can be fun to see the field of college admission make headlines thanks to celebrities who are going through the process.
These celebs headed off to college or announced their college plans this year:
A lack of access to college counselors was cited as a major factor in a new report on New York City’s low college success rate.
Only 22 percent of students who enter community college associate degree programs at the City University of New York (CUNY) earn a degree in three years and just 55 percent of students enrolled in four-year CUNY programs finish after six years, according to the research.
Continue reading Report: Lack of Access to College Counselors Stymies Success for NYC Students
They say the apple doesn’t fall from the tree. This is especially true when it comes to job choice.
According to General Social Survey data collected between 1994 and 2016, working sons are about 2.7 times as likely as the rest of the population to have the same job as their working fathers and about two times as likely to have the same job as their working mothers.
Continue reading Study: Parental Occupations Can Affect Job Choice
One state has figured out an innovative way to boost interest in computer science courses.
High school enrollments in computer science are up 50 percent since 2014 in Georgia, primarily due to an amended admission requirement by the University System of Georgia.
In 2015, the Georgia Board of Regents altered its admission requirements making them more computer science-friendly. Previously, students needed to have completed two years of the same foreign language to apply for admission to the university system. The requirement still exists, but computer science now counts as a foreign language.
Continue reading Should Computer Science Count as a Foreign Language? Georgia Says Yes.
Low-income students are only one-eighth as likely as their wealthier peers to graduate from college.
This statistic, from a 2015 report by the Association of American Colleges & Universities, is the product of a variety of factors. But one of the biggest driving forces is a lack of information.
So how can colleges and universities clarify financial information to help reduce barriers to higher education for low-income students?
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has a few ideas.
Continue reading Report: Good Information about College Costs Can Boost Access
A fat envelope or an anxious refresh on a webpage are the most common ways students find out about their acceptance to college.
But what if this life-changing news came in the form of a visit from a friendly English bulldog?
Continue reading Putting the Paw-sonalized Touch on College Admission