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Twenty-nine percent of high-school seniors submitted the Fafsa as of March 1, compared with 45% at that time last year, according to the National College Attainment Network, an advocate of increased college enrollment. The decline was even steeper among students from low-income high schools.

Meet the new CRBS Student Consortium members for the academic year 2024-2025! Today, let's introduce the VP Externals Lamha Kumar and Srobona Ghosh

Spent a wonderful weekend at the FACCC (Faculty Association of California Community Colleges) annual Board of Governors retreat after being re-elected for my third term as Governor for Retired Faculty. FACCC remains the only organization that advocates solely for the faculty of the California Community Colleges. It is not a union and it is not an academic senate, but works closely with both. Two major, ongoing issues from the last year are: 1) how to reverse the appalling betrayal of the community college vision whereby colleges are now prohibited from offering the very fundamental courses in math and English that under-served students need most in order to graduate or transfer, and 2) how to advance the "one tier" faculty concept to finally ensure that all students have access to full-service faculty in all classes (see the FACCC website for the Board's position and a paper by Past President Debbie Klein).

Whatta mess. This article is a good compilation of the challenges that students are facing as they apply to college this year. 🤯 Court ruling on race in admissions - students don't know if showing up as their true selves by mentioning race in their applications is hurting them. 🤯 Delay in FAFSA - athletes having to make decisions about college without getting their aid awards. 🤯 Change in FAFSA - students with undocumented parents having a hard time submitting FAFSA since now the online system doesn't accept signatures from parents without social security numbers. 🤯 Test Optional - students don't know if they should submit scores since schools vary in how they view them. Test optional, test recommended, test required, or the school that is test optional to apply but you need SAT scores to qualify for merit aid. Should I keep going? #collegeadmissions https://lnkd.in/epbpWkP9

For this week's TOP & Bottom reports, let's look at: The 4-year graduation rates for TOP 20 private regional colleges AND The 4-year graduation rates for Bottom 20 private regional colleges For the states: IA, IL, KS, MO, IN #collegeviability #cvapp #garystocker

For this week's TOP & Bottom reports, let's look at: The 4-year graduation rates for TOP 20 private regional colleges AND The 4-year graduation rates for Bottom 20 private regional colleges For the states: IA, IL, KS, MO, IN #collegeviability #cvapp #garystocker

Feeling the pressure of the UC system's intensifying competition? If your answer is yes, then mark your calendars for our upcoming exclusive event tailored to decode the intricacies of UC admissions! Register now: https://lnkd.in/ghcTUihd #collegeprep #collegeadmissions #collegeadvice #ivyleague #ucberkeley #ucla #ucsd

PVCC is for Alex because the College offers Guaranteed Admission Agreements to almost all colleges and universities in Virginia, including the University of Virginia (UVA). Alex isn't the only one transferring to our neighboring college. According to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in the last four years 398 PVCC students transferred to UVA. This is out of the 1,341 PVCC students that transferred from PVCC. Learn more about PVCC's guaranteed transfer agreements at pvcc.edu/transfer/GAA. PVCC is for YOU! #pvcc

During the 2022-2023 school year, 3028 NCTX CTE students earned college credit hours totaling 12,983 college semester credit hours (Table 10) according to THECB's 2024 report. This is a great achievement for these students, who are now better prepared for their future academic and professional endeavors. If you want to learn more about the outcomes of dual credit programs, check out this link: https://lnkd.in/drfquZ5Q.

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a public HBCU located in Pine Bluff. Founded in 1873, the second oldest public institution in the state. UAPB is a member school of the UA System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund. UAPB was authorized in 1873 by the Reconstruction-era legislature as the Branch Normal College and opened on September 27, 1875, with Joseph Carter Corbin as principal. An HBCU, it was nominally part of the “normal” department of Arkansas Industrial University, later the UA. It was operated separately as part of a compromise to get a college for African American students, as the state maintained racial segregation well into the 20th century. It was designated as a land-grant college under the 1890 federal amendments to the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. As Congress had originally established the land grant colleges to provide education to all qualified students in a state, in 1890 it required states maintaining segregated systems to establish a separate land-grant university for African Americans as well as whites. In 1927, the school severed its ties with the UA and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College. It moved to its current campus location in 1929. In 1972, Arkansas AM&N re-joined what is now the UA System. As a full-fledged campus with graduate study departments, it gained its current name and university status in the process. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #hbcu