{"id":3236,"date":"2019-07-22T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2019-06-06T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:59:44","slug":"report-improve-net-price-calculators-for-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/report-improve-net-price-calculators-for-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Improve Net Price Calculators for Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3237\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3237\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/computer-typing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/computer-typing.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/computer-typing-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn AHEAD) recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/ahead-penn.org\/research-projects\/questioning-calculations\">a new research brief<\/a> that examines the usability and usefulness of university Net Price Calculators (NPCs).<\/p>\n<p>The brief offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.upenn.edu\/pdf\/ahead\/Net-Price-Calculators-Tips-for-Colleges.pdf\">recommendations for colleges and universities<\/a> that will help ensure prospective students have accurate and transparent information on college costs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents who underestimate costs may drop out of college for financial reasons before attaining a degree, while students who overestimate costs may not apply to schools they can actually afford,\u201d Laura Perna, executive director of Penn AHEAD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.upenn.edu\/news\/press-releases\/questioning-the-calculations\">said in a news release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.upenn.edu\/pdf\/ahead\/Net-Price-Calculators-Tips-for-Colleges.pdf\">The recommendations<\/a> include steps such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making the NPC available and easy to find online<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the estimates accurately reflect a prospective student\u2019s circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Offering next steps for students after using the NPC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cInstitutions can make simple, integral improvements to NPCs so prospective students have more accurate and easy-to-understand information on the costs of college,\u201d Perna said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahead-penn.org\/research-projects\/questioning-calculations\">Read the full brief <\/a>and explore NACAC\u2019s resources for financing college in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/\">our Knowledge Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s senior communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at <a href=\"mailto:adobson@nacacnet.org\">adobson@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn AHEAD) recently released a new research brief that examines the usability and usefulness of university Net Price Calculators (NPCs). The brief offers recommendations for colleges and universities that will help ensure prospective students have accurate and transparent information on college costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cost-of-college"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Ashley Dobson","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/ashley-dobson\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Qc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}