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#NACACreads: Join Our Twitter Chat with Author Tony Jack
How can institutions of higher education better serve the increasingly diverse students they admit?
Join us tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET for a #NACACreads Twitter chat with scholar and author Anthony Abraham Jack.
We’ll discuss his book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, and talk about how to move the needle from access to inclusion.
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College Used to Cost How Much?!
What does it take to fund a college education?
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.
Rethinking Financial Aid for Student-Parents
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.
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Check Out NACAC’s Directory of Member Podcasts
NACAC members have a lot to say.
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.
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Updated Guide Offers Tips for US Students Seeking Degrees Abroad
Are your students interested in exploring educational options outside the US?
NACAC’s newly updated Guide to International University Admission features country profiles and admission advice for 13 destinations that have proven popular among US students seeking full degrees outside their home country.
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NPR Podcast Promises to Help Students Navigate College
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.”
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A College Visit to Remember
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on Admitted in November 2018. It’s being republished as part of NACAC’s Best of the Blog series.
We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files;
We’d like to help you learn to help yourself;
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes;
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.
Simon and Garfunkel’s lyrics mirror the facts and feelings of visiting prospective colleges these days.
Lessons Learned: Reflections and Advice from a Regional Admission Counselor
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on Admitted in July 2017. It’s being republished as part of NACAC’s Best of the Blog series
After 14 years working in the admission office for my alma mater, I had it good. I coordinated the campus visit team, supervised tour guides, worked with transfer students, and held many “other duties as assigned.” In short, I knew what I was doing.
Then two years ago, I was offered an exciting new role that turned my career on its head: I became Gettysburg College’s first West Coast regional counselor.
In the past 24 months I have learned about the challenges of a three-hour time difference, work-life balance, and the importance of communication with the office. I’ve also reflected on how counselors — and campus-based leaders — can work together to make the most out of regional positions.
Here are my tips for counselors and admission leaders who are considering making the jump.
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Michelle Obama Encourages Students to Reach Higher
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has released a special back-to-school message.
“The harder you work in your classes this year, the more opportunities you’ll have to go to college and get the education you need to be who you want to be and build the life you want to live,” Obama tells students in a video message released by Better Make Room. “And that matters not just for your future, but for the future of our country and our world.”
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