What you stand to make after college, the government is telling prospective students, ought to be a factor in how you choose that college.
You Were Deferred by Your Top College—What Now? (Time)
A deferral from a college admissions office happens only if you apply early decision or early action. It means that a college didn’t admit you in the early round but will reevaluate your application during the regular admissions period.
Silicon Valley’s College-Consultant Industry (the Atlantic)
For a price, these services help high-school students find summer internships, refine their essays, and prepare for the application process. But is it worth all the effort and stress?
Navigators for the College Bound (NY Times)
Educational consultants’ most valuable contribution may be stress reduction during an emotionally fraught, highly competitive process.
How to Survive the College Admissions Madness (NY Times)
Record numbers of applicants yearn for an elite degree. Most will be turned down.
The Not-So-Early Decision (NY Times)
Thousands of students click “submit” on early-decision applications, hoping for a thumbs-up from their first-choice college. With competition for slots ever increasing, let’s assume the worst: You don’t get in. What then? For those eager to get off the college admissions carousel, there’s a second chance at an acceptance before spring: early decision II.
College for the Masses (NY Times)
How much money should taxpayers spend subsidizing higher education? How willing should students be to take on college debt? How hard should Washington and state governments push colleges to lift their graduation rates? All of these questions depend on whether a large number of at-risk students are really capable of completing a four-year degree.
As it happens, two separate — and ambitious — recent academic studies have looked at precisely this issue.
Learn more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/upshot/college-for-the-masses.html
The New Faces of College Admissions (NY Times)
Colleges have long sought parents’ help with job placement and networking. But now many small and medium private colleges and some large public universities (West Virginia University, University of Pittsburgh) call on parents of enrolled students to volunteer with the admissions office. They promote the school at fairs, share their experiences on parent-to-parent panels, reach out to local parents and even conduct admissions interviews.
The In-State Tuition Break, Slowly Disappearing (NY Times)
Over the last decade, state governments and universities have been chipping away at a pillar of American opportunity: in-state tuition.