Minnesota’s Camp College Promotes Access

Students discuss college choices with a counselor at Minnesota's Camp College. (MACAC photo)
Students discuss college choices with a counselor at Minnesota’s Camp College. (MACAC photo)

College is possible.

That’s the message a group of rising seniors from Minnesota heard Monday during the state’s inaugural Camp College. The two-day event, which continues today, is part of a larger push by NACAC affiliates to help first-generation and other underserved students learn more about the higher education options available to them.

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Gaokao Scores Accepted at US University Under Pilot Program

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Chinese students who performed well on their country’s national college placement exam will be able to apply for admission to the University of San Francisco (CA) later this month.

The pilot program seeks to attract high-performing students who, for myriad reasons, decide they no longer wish to pursue postsecondary education in their home country.

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Improving the Transfer Process for Students

Earlier this month, NACAC staff traveled to Atlanta to participate in the annual conference of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students — an entity which strives to improve the lives of transfer students by supporting those who directly serve these students, as well as those who create transfer policy and conduct transfer-related research.

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