Did you find it difficult to decipher the financial aid packages offered to you by colleges?
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#EMchat Creates Reference Book for Enrollment Management Professionals
A new online resource is now available for enrollment management professionals.
The #EMchat Reference Book — which includes industry terminology, as well as links to relevant news sources, podcasts, listservs, and newsletters — is a project developed by EMchat, an online community of higher education enrollment management professionals.
Creators say the crowdsourced resource is an attempt to concentrate and share industry knowledge.
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Imagine Grant Supports Camp College Program
It takes more than good grades and big dreams to get into college.
Students — especially those who are among the first in their families to pursue higher education — also need confidence as they approach the college search and selection process.
Camp College, an annual program offered each spring by the Michigan Association for College Admission Counseling (MACAC), is designed with the latter goal in mind. The day-long camp helps underserved students plan for higher education and think through the steps needed to apply to colleges and seek out financial aid.
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Campus Hunger: 36% of College Students Don’t Get Enough to Eat
Over a third of college students aren’t getting enough to eat, according to a survey of more than 43,000 students at 66 US colleges and universities.
The data was collected by the Wisconsin HOPE lab. And while researchers say the survey wasn’t designed to be representative of colleges nationwide, it is believed to be the best national estimate available — and it raises important questions about college access and success.
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Simple Changes Could Help Close the STEM Gap
Interest in STEM subjects drops among girls as they get older, but it doesn’t have to be that way, according to a new report from Microsoft.
A few small changes at school and home could encourage more girls to sign up for STEM classes and consider careers in science, technology, engineering, or math, according to survey data.
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College Signing Day: Watch our Facebook Live Q&A
Decision Day is fast approaching.
May 1 is the deadline for students to accept an offer of admission at many institutions. And for the fifth year, Reach Higher—in coordination with Better Make Room—is encouraging schools and communities to host College Signing Day events in recognition of their students’ hard work.
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Study: March Madness Victors See Boost in Applications
Call it the March Madness effect.
New research confirms what college admission officials have been saying for years: Impressive performances by student-athletes can spur increases in freshman applications.
“Research by Devin and Jaren Pope, two economists, has found that colleges whose men’s basketball teams qualified for March Madness, the sport’s championship tournament, saw a 2.4 percent average increase in the total number of applications, as measured by the number of SAT college-entrance exam results received,” according to a recent article published by The Economist. “Colleges whose teams made the Final Four saw a 5.8 percent increase in applications, while colleges whose teams won the entire tournament saw a 10.9 percent increase in applications in the year after their victory.”
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Report: Millions of Americans Live in Education Deserts
Roughly 3.1 million Americans reside in education deserts, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute.
In other words, they live more than 25 miles from an open-access public college and lack the broadband Internet connection needed for online education. The resulting isolation acts as a barrier to higher education.
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Learn How to Evaluate Financial Fit with Financial Aid 101
Seniors are busy weighing their college choices, and for many students, that means decoding often-confusing financial aid award letters.
Get up to speed and gain the knowledge you need to confidently field college cost questions with Financial Aid 101 — NACAC’s new e-learning course.
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