by Emily Snyder, IECA Member (Virginia) and Chair, IECA College Committee In “Inside the College Rankings” in Friday’s US News and World Report, Bob Morse (of the Morse Code), cites the recently released “UCLA Freshman Survey: Fall 2009″ as evidence that students are using a variety of factors—not just national rankings—when making a decision about … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A new national study by Education Trust reports the surprising figure that only 57% of college freshmen (in 1999, the class studied) nationwide has achieved their undergraduate degree within six years. That figure includes students who transferred and graduated elsewhere. Worse still were the numbers for low-income and underrepresented … Read more »
by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia) Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a partisan yet objective assessment of both the appreciation for and concerns with the Congressional bill to restructure student aid programs. It may be somewhat of a long read for anyone not interested in the “how did this come about” politicking that goes … Read more »
Today’s announcement by the Obama administration to simplify the FAFSA application (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is a most welcome admission that the form, with its 150+ questions, has become so complex and cumbersome that the very families the process should be helping has, instead, chased them away. Today’s announcement of minor changes for the … Read more »
