Stories tagged: college admissions
Latest edition of 'Step Up to College' guide now available, also on Facebook, Twitter
Submitted by thenotebook on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 14:31 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
The latest edition of the annual Philadelphia college admissions guide Step Up to College has been released. The guide is free and published by Philadelphia Futures, an organization that helps prepare underrepresented youth for college.
New to this year’s guide is an added emphasis on what the demands of career, workplace, and today’s difficult job market mean for today’s college-bound student.
Making college prep a priority
Posted in October 2012 Edition | Permalink
I hope the issue on college access and success (Focus on a Broken Pipeline to College, Summer 2012) motivates high school and college staff to ramp up efforts to prepare high school students for college and ensure that colleges provide needed support to earn a degree.
Senate Releases Critical Report of For-Profit Colleges
Submitted by thenotebook on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 14:35 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
The Notebook has a content-sharing agreement with Education Week, where this piece originally appeared. The report is a scathing critique of for-profit colleges, pointing out, for instance, that some spend more on recruiting than on instruction and that many students leave with high debt and no degrees.
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After a two-year investigation of for-profit colleges, a Senate committee released a report Sunday critical of the sector's practices, described as often putting business concerns above students' interests.
College Board guide for undocumented students released
Submitted by Katie McCabe on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 15:13 Posted in Latest news | Permalink
Undocumented immigrant students face a number of significant obstacles on the path to college. The College Board is seeking to make that process a little easier with its recently released resource guide for undocumented students planning for college.
The resource guide was released just weeks before President Obama issued an executive order that will enable undocumented youth to delay deportation and apply for work permits.
Questioning the real worth of college
Submitted by Samantha Byles on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 17:03 | Permalink
I haven’t graduated from college just yet, but the stories told in the Inquirer’s series “Struggling for Work: The Broken Dreams of a New Generation” have overwhelmed me.
According to the series, students in Pennsylvania carry an average debt of more than $28,000 by graduation.
I am now facing outstanding student loans of $17,000 to $22,000, and counting. I have six classes remaining – a total of 19 credits -- to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Temple University’s School of Communications.
Paying for college: Questions and answers
by Connie Langland, with Samantha Byles Posted in Summer 2012 Edition | Permalink
One of the biggest concerns for college students is how to pay for it. The Notebook asked Karen Campbell and Thomas Butler, two college placement experts, to explain how students can finance their post-secondary education without breaking the bank.
What do you suggest in terms of researching the money issue?
Reflections of a CCP grad, part IV
Submitted by Peak Johnson on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:16 | Permalink
So, how’s Temple?
Funny, last year at this time, I graduated from the Community College of Philadelphia and asked the same exact question of students I knew at Temple University. Now, when I visit CCP, I get asked the question.
So far, Temple has been great. It is challenging at times, but I wouldn’t change it. CCP prepared me to know what to expect of college-level work and how to best tackle it. CCP taught me those skills I was lacking a few years prior.
College for a few
by Benjamin Herold for the Notebook and WHYY/NewsWorks Posted in Summer 2012 Edition | Permalink
Strolling across Lehigh University's picturesque campus, Jamel Haggins is a striking example of the best that Philadelphia's neighborhood high schools have to offer.
Now a 20-year-old college junior, Haggins is on track to earn his architecture degree next spring. A chiseled 6'3" tall and 255 pounds, he's also an all-conference tight end for Lehigh's football team. Sporting an easy smile and a bright red fraternity sweatshirt – he's the president of the campus chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi – the proud North Philly native is a magnet for attention from students and staff alike.
"He's my everything," gushes Haggins' girlfriend, Allison Morrow, the president of Lehigh's Black Student Union.
Haggins was the crown jewel of the class of 2009 at North Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin High: class valedictorian, a three-time all-Public League football star, and a commanding officer in the school's Navy Junior ROTC.
Listen to Benjamin Herold's report for NewsWorks Tonight
Para los jóvenes inmigrantes, el camino a la universidad raramente es fácil
por Paul Jablow Posted in Verano 2012 Edition | Permalink
Sentado en una mesa de la cafetería en el Community College of Philadelphia, Cheick Kante no hace ningún esfuerzo por ocultar su frustración.
"A veces quisiera no haberme mudado acá nunca", dice Kante, un alto joven de 22 años que está estudiando una carrera en sistemas de información en el CCP. "Nunca pensé que sería así".
¿Están listos para la universidad?
por Connie Langland con Samantha Byles Posted in Verano 2012 Edition | Permalink
Con un aumento en costos, asistir y completar una carrera universitaria es ahora más difícil que nunca, y por eso muchos estudiantes dudan si vale la pena el esfuerzo.
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