College Bound
Caralee Johnson Adams covered the transition to college in the College Bound blog. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: college & workforce readiness.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Schools Urged to Teach Life Skills for Success Alongside Academics
A report from the New America Foundation underscores the importance of life skills, such as self-discipline and grit, in student success and encourages schools to focus on helping students develop them.
College & Workforce Readiness
College Admissions Officers Increasingly Check Out Students' Online Profiles
New surveys from Kaplan Test Prep find that about one-third of admissions officers look for more information about an applicant through their social media activity; most students have no problem with the practice.
College & Workforce Readiness
School Counselor Agenda Advances With Convening in San Diego
More than 350 counselors, school leaders, and academics gathered at San Diego State University this week to work in teams to develop plans that would strength the role of school counselors in promoting college access and success.
College & Workforce Readiness
Colleges' Selectivity Not Linked to Higher Engagement, Survey Shows
The 2014 National Survey of Student Engagement, which polls 355,000 freshmen and seniors at four-year colleges, finds little relationship between an institution's selectivity or the size of its enrollment and students' level of engagement and interactions with faculty members.
Education
Cost to Attend Public Colleges Varies Widely by State
An analysis by Money magazine looks at the cost of tuition, along with state tax dollar support for higher education, to rank states by the affordability of their public colleges.
College & Workforce Readiness
College Board and The Atlantic Launch Essay Contest for High School Students
Students can earn up to $5,000 in a new essay contest that focuses on interpreting a primary-source historical document.
Education
College-Going Rates Up, Six-Year Completion Down, Report Finds
A comprehensive report on first-time college students who started in 2008 and were tracked for six years by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds enrollment up 12 percent, but completion down 1 percent.
College & Workforce Readiness
Concerns of Career and Technical Education Teachers Voiced in Survey
An AFT survey of 570 career technical education teachers finds strong support for the programs but some concerns about equipment and funding.
Education
New, Simpler Net Price Calculator May Improve College Cost Transparency
A new tool called My inTuition that was developed at Wellesley College is gaining popularity as an easy way to gauge bottom-line college costs, according to research from the Brookings Institution.
College & Workforce Readiness
Encouraging Trends Seen in New Reports on College Pricing and Debt
Two new College Board reports find that four-year public colleges increased tuition by 1 percent after inflation, and that annual borrowing for higher education is down 8 percent.
College & Workforce Readiness
Students Increasingly Take ACT Before Senior Year
A new report out from ACT, Inc. finds 75 percent of the high school graduating class of 2014 took the ACT before their senior year.
College & Workforce Readiness
School-Day College Application Campaign Expands
The American College Application Campaign is helping students in 4,000 high schools in all 50 states complete applications during the school day.
College & Workforce Readiness
N.C. Dual Enrollment Program Awarded $20 Million Federal Grant
The i3 grant will allow the program to offer dual enrollment courses to more rural students in North Carolina.
College & Workforce Readiness
High School Students Misinformed About Colleges' Use of ACT and SAT Scores
A new survey of Kaplan SAT prep students finds that students tend to take the SAT because they are misinformed about the acceptance of ACT scores by colleges.