Many of your students will attend a Junior/Community College after they graduate from high school. Approximately 1 in 3 of these students who attend a two- or four-year college or university will at transfer at some point to another institution. While the idea of transferring can stir fear or doubt, it doesn’t have to be Read More
As their caseloads expand and high school counselors meet the increasingly complex needs of today’s students, some experts say one part of their critical work is suffering: the effort to help kids get into college. College exploration, finance and admissions today is more complex and involves more students with a wider variety of backgrounds – Read More
Rising prices of Meal Plans at Colleges are driving fee revenue at many Schools. Many states are holding back on Tuition increases due to pressure from states and recent double digit increases so they are looking to fees to help increase revenue. The Hechinger Report recently reported after an analysis of campus dining contracts from Read More
Many of your students and their parents are intimidated by the thought of applying for Financial Aid. Filling out the FAFSA is a necessary even if they want to be considered for financial aid. Andy Lockwood has posted a concise video on You Tube that discusses the process of applying for Financial Aid in terms Read More
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows that those that have no more than a High School diploma are falling way behind college graduates in terms of income and that this is the widest gap on record. College grads, on average, earned 56% more than high school grads in 2015, the most recent Read More
This table shows the “sticker prices” — published tuition and required fees — at more than 3,000 colleges and universities for the 2016-17 academic year. Click the institutions’ names to see historical data back to 1998. These tables published by the Chronicle of Higher Education are great if you to use if your students are Read More
As a Counselor, you often have to help your students compare the costs of Colleges they are considering so they can make an informed decision. Tuition has continued to rise much faster than the cost of inflation (in fact, 3x’s faster than inflation) Fees are actually rising at an even faster rate. I have two Read More
One of our goals is to provide Counselors with information that can help you do your jobs better. Finding available resources that can help you inform your students about options that can help them save money on their college education is a big part of our mission. I recently was made aware of a new Read More
The Hechinger Report is one of my favorite Education Content Sources. They publish a treasure trove of valuable information related to the Education Market. They just published a list of their top 10 stories from 2016. Here are links and a summary of each story: 1: Groundbreaking Mississippi child care investigation: Child care crisis: Read More
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center recently published its Fall 2016 Report on Term Enrollment Rates One statistic that stood out is after year’s of declines the number of students enrolled in Engineering Majors increased by 4% from 2015 to 2016. That’s compared with a drop of more than 3% in students majoring in History Read More
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