Hoverings

  • March 24, 2011

    Amidst the anxiety over U.S. students slipping in international math and science rankings, there is a more crippling epidemic plaguing education in America: abysmal high school graduation rates. While there is an outpouring of concern over how American students fare on tests, we seem to have forgotten about the students who don’t even make it to the test.

    The infographic below is a frightful illustration of how a student dropping out of high school affects us all.

  • March 24, 2011

    Congratulations!  Your college student has worked hard, you’ve stood by and supported him, and he’s almost made it to the finish line.  Commencement is around the corner.  But what if he’s almost there, but not quite?  Does that mean that participating in graduation ceremonies is out of the question?  Or that he’ll need to wait another year?  The answer is – that depends. 

  • March 23, 2011

    2 in 5 students who attend college fail to get a degree from the college at which they began within 6 years.

    college degree graduation pic from smemon87

    (pic from flickr user smemon87)

    This scary statistic is based on data from the U.S. Government's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). According to the NCES, 42.7% of students did not get a bachelor's degree from the college at which they began within 6 years.

  • March 22, 2011

    (pic by flickr user aresauburn™)

    money, by flickr user aresauburn™

    Worried about how you're going to pay for college?

    If you're like most families you have at least some level of concern. But, as a recent U.S. News and World Report shows, choosing the right school can make a big difference.

    U.S. News and World Report recently surveyed 1,700 schools about meeting student financial need. They identified 63 schools that claim to meet 100% of students' financial need. The schools include both traditional 4 year public and private universities, as well as liberal arts colleges.

    You can view that list, in full, in this post.

  • March 21, 2011

    Going to college is a no-brainer. But how to get there is a more difficult question to answer. No matter you are a high school freshman or senior, here's a simple roadmap to college for you:

    I am a high school freshman.

  • March 21, 2011

    As a college student, you understand and value the importance of your physical fitness and emotional well-being. But are you as fiscally fit as you are physically and emotionally? It may be time to learn "fiscal fitness" now for a lifetime of financial wellbeing.

  • March 18, 2011

    Most students need help paying for college, but where does financial aid come from and how do you get it? Billions of dollars are used to finance higher education each year; in 2009-10 alone, $199.2 billion was awarded to students in the form of grants, in addition to another $8.5 billion in state and private loans. Want to see some numbers? Here’s a breakdown of college financial aid: where it comes from, where it goes and all the other details.

  • March 17, 2011

    I was at Florida State University recently and was walking through the student union after wrapping up a lunch meeting.  I was a bit surprised, and honestly proud, to notice a student who was standing alone and reading his invitation to join the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).  At first I thought I should keep walking but after a few steps further I knew I couldn’t pass up the chance to congratulate him.

  • March 16, 2011

    Do you remember what your governor said about higher education in the gubernatorial state of the state address this year?

    If not, you might want to look at this information from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities: 

    2011 State of the State Addresses and Higher Education by AASCU.

    state map

    (pic by flickr user Kevin Hutchison)

  • March 14, 2011

    The college application process is a stressful time for both students and their parents: college visits, narrowing down the choices, SAT or ACT exams, applications, essays, recommendations, and then – finally – your child finds that she has been put on the waiting list for her first choice college.  Yes, it may be discouraging, but all may not be lost.  There are some things that your “almost” college student should – an

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