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SAT-optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter?

If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing.

April 19, 2009

Recruitment & Retention

Fewer College Students Returning for Second Year

First-year college retention is slipping among the nation’s four-year, public and private institutions, while retention rates are increasing at two-year public colleges, researchers say.

January 26, 2009

Some See DREAM Act Within Reach

Proponents of the DREAM Act are hopeful President-elect Obama will push for passage of the bill in his first 100 days.

December 24, 2008

Some See DREAM Act Within Reach

Barack Obama’s presidential victory is fueling widespread optimism among student groups that Congress and the next White House will endorse long-debated legislation to help undocumented students gain legal status.

December 8, 2008

Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

Acommission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size-fits-all” approach for the use of standardized tests does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

October 15, 2008

Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

A commission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size fits all” approach for the use of standardized test does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

September 22, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College Board Reports Most Diverse Class of SAT Test-takers on Record

A record-number of students took the SAT this year, and the increase reflects on this year’s average scores, which showed no improvement over last year and were the lowest in nearly a decade.

August 26, 2008

ACT Scores Down, But More Students College-ready

Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 percent compared to last year.

August 13, 2008

Best & Brightest: Fourteen-year-old Whiz Kid Picks HBCU Over Harvard

A 14-year-old whiz kid who scored a composite 30 on the ACT, Polite Stewart Jr., was recruited by Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford universities, but decided to attend historically Black Southern University at Baton Rouge.

June 10, 2008

Arkansas Organization Moves to Deny Benefits to Undocumented

The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on last Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.

May 13, 2008

Arkansas Organization Moves Forward With Measure to Deny Undocumented Immigrants Public Benefits

The Arkansas attorney general’s office cleared the way on Wednesday for supporters of a ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents to begin gathering signatures.

May 8, 2008

Community Colleges

How One Community College Gave Displaced Factory Workers the Confidence to Enroll

PROBLEM A few years ago, hundreds of displaced factory workers in southern Iowa were looking for training to reintegrate into the workforce when the Exide Battery Corp., closed shop in the area and they were laid off. ACTION Community leaders, administrators from Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa, and displaced workers gathered to come up […]

February 19, 2008

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