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ACCESS: ENCOURAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND PREPARATION
Changing college-going patterns of low-income students
When low-income, minority kids have a chance to explore a college campus and see themselves as college students, the results can be profound. Learn how a college-access program is changing the
college-going patterns of low-income students, and read about the life challenges of two young women who are just beginning college.
ACCESS: INFORMATION
Making student aid system simple, certain
A new study released by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance identifies ways to make the student aid system easier, more responsive and fairer for students and families, particularly for low- and moderate-income students. The recommendations include providing low-income students with a
simplified paper student-aid application. Read: The Student Aid Gauntlet: Making Access to College Simple and Certain.
ACCESS: INFORMATION
NCES: Most high school sophomores plan for college degree
The majority of the nation's high school sophomores understand the importance of a college degree, according to a new National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report. It shows that 72 percent planned to get a bachelor's degree or higher and 83 percent rated getting a good education as "very important." Read
A Profile of the American High School
Sophomore in 2002.
ACCESS: ENCOURAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND PREPARATION
Life after high school: A survey of young adults
A Public Agenda survey of more than 1,300 young adults finds that the majority strongly believe in the value of higher education. But the study finds that young adults are divided on questions about the quality of high school counseling. Read more in Life after High
School.
ACCESS: FINANCIAL AID
Average financial aid award increases to $7,300
Sixty-three percent of undergraduates received some type of financial aid during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to a new National Center for Education Statistics report. The average financial aid award was $7,300, up from $6,265 in 1999-2000, when 55 percent of undergraduates received some type of financial aid. More...
ACCESS: PREPARATION
More ready for college, but high school graduation rate remains flat
More U.S. students are leaving high school with the skills and qualifications necessary to attend college, according to a recent Manhattan Institute study. However, many students with a high school diploma do not have the necessary qualifications to enter college. More...
SUCCESS: POLICY
Policy-makers, educators asked to shoulder responsibility for student success
A new report from the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education calls for a fresh approach to college accountability that will yield better results. The report recommends a focus on state and national priorities and challenges policy-makers and educators to "shoulder their share of the responsibility for achieving them."
Read Accountability for Better Results:
A National Imperative for Higher Education (PDF). |
