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ACCESS: COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
Experts to review college cost solutions
Lumina Foundation has named seven higher education experts to review policy papers that offer thoughtful, workable suggestions that address the problem of spiraling college costs. More...
Policy papers are still being sought in
response to a "Call for Solutions" that accompanied "Collision Course," the Foundation's most recent policy brief.
ACCESS: COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
College Board releases reports on tuition, financial aid
Tuition increase rates are smaller than last year's increases, but they are still high by historical standards. Also, lower growth in grant aid in 2002-03 and 2003-04 has caused students to rely more heavily on loans, according to two reports from The College Board, Trends in College Pricing 2004 (PDF), and Trends in Student Aid 2004 (PDF).
ADULT LEARNERS: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
Native Alaskan pursues college dream
Married with four children, Yup'pick provides the primary income for her family. She dreamed of becoming a teacher, and the Rural Alaska Native Adult Program at Alaska Pacific University is making that dream possible. Read the story of Yup'pick from a new Lumina Foundation report, Powerful Partnerships: Independent Colleges Share High-impact Strategies for Low-income Students' Success. (PDF)
ADULT LEARNERS: TRENDS IN EDUCATION
Nearly half of U.S. adults participate in formal education
Forty-six percent of adults in the United States participated in some type of formal education between early 2000 and early 2001, according to a new National Center for Education Statistics report. More...
ACCESS: FINANCIAL AID
Millions of students miss out on financial aid, ACE report shows
An American Council on Education (ACE) report (PDF) shows that in 1999-2000, approximately 8 million students who
attended a college or university that participated in federal student aid programs failed to apply for financial aid. More...
ACCESS: ENCOURAGEMENT
Ohioans want increased college-going rates, poll shows
Ohioans want to see the state focus on increasing high school graduation rates and college-going rates for all students, according to a recent poll. See more results of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation survey, Ohio's Education Matters.
ACCESS: PUBLIC POLICY
Benefits of postsecondary education include active citizenship
College graduates are more likely to vote to perform volunteer work more frequently. Learn more about the benefits of a college education and read Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education, published by the Pell Institute.
ACCESS: COMMUNICATION
PBS stations to air college access series
The College Track is a three-part documentary television series that presents the stories of students, parents, teachers and community organizations that are expanding our notion of who is "college material." In conjunction with the PBS broadcast, local organizations committed to
improving college access are participating in a national outreach campaign. View air dates. |
