DC College Counseling

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

BIGGEST COLLEGE-RELATED NEWS OF THE WEEK AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT Like many in the higher education world, we were glued to Monday’s arguments in the Supreme Court! STRUGGLING ECONOMY IMPACTS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS Many schools are seeing the largest dip in their endowments since 2009 as assets continue to decline.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 22, 2022

According to recent data from the Department of Education (ED), about 8 in 10 bachelor's degree students (82%) have had help from their parents to pay for college. [1]. Almost one-third of parents (32%) contributed more than $10,000 a year to their child's college education. [2]. 40% of full-time students work. [5].

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BestColleges

JULY 11, 2024

A BestColleges report on the challenges this demographic of students faces found that SEFC often feel like an invisible part of higher education. The system is not designed to accommodate these students. This scholarship is applied only after all other financial aid has been applied to a student's studies.

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BestColleges

MARCH 29, 2023

5] Despite how common disabilities are, society and institutions — like higher education — sometimes fail to provide adequate accommodations or truly inclusive spaces for all to participate equally. College students with disabilities have a variety of experiences. 24.8%) has a disability. [5] 10% received an alternative certificate.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

85% of full-time, first-year undergraduate students in 2019-2020 were awarded some type of financial aid. [1]. The majority of students awarded financial aid received federal grants. The average federal grant award for undergraduate students has more than doubled to $10,590 in 2022 from $5,190 in 2001. [2].

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Discovery College Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2022

Earnest, a provider of private student loans (in other words, not those canceled by President Biden), identified four factors that have contributed to the rising cost of college: Marketing and recruitment: Between 2000-2015, the number of Americans enrolled in college jumped 32%. This was 10 times the growth of tenured professor positions.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On the other hand, the same program would be a poor fit for your child if they were looking to scale their nonprofit business focused on teaching computer coding to individuals in their community without a strong educational background. A student we’ll call Caroline enjoyed browsing a vintage clothing store near her home on the weekends.

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DC College Counseling

APRIL 2, 2024

PRINCETON SETS NEW ENROLLMENT GOALS FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY Princeton’s Board of Trustees announced a new enrollment goal: The university will aim for an undergraduate student body that is at least 70% eligible for need-based financial aid and at least 22% Pell Grant eligible. Missouri will be filing a related lawsuit.

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Educated Quest

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

He and his co-authors looked at data from nearly 167,000 domestic applicants to Harvard between fall 2009 and fall 2014. The paper concluded, among other points, that each of preferences primarily benefit white students. East Carolina University’s undergraduate student body most closely reflected the population of the state.

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