Newsweek reports that community colleges are struggling with growing enrollments and reduced funding. And as more top students are considering community college, community college administrators worry about “squeezing out the disadvantaged students such schools were built to serve.”
Archive for January, 2009
Community colleges feeling the pinch
Wednesday, January 7th, 20098th grade algebra requirement blocked in California
Monday, January 5th, 2009Joanne Jacobs reports that “California’s school board decided all eighth graders should be tested in algebra by 2012 in accordance with state standards. But a Superior Court judge has blocked mandatory algebra. The state superintendent, local school boards, administrators and the teachers’ union say California doesn’t have enough qualified math teachers to get everyone ready for algebra in eighth grade.”
ACT deadline approaching
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Quick reminder: January 6 is the registration deadline for the ACT given on February 7.
College admissions office Q & A
Friday, January 2nd, 2009The New York Times offers a Q & A with admissions officers on a variety of topics:
AP Courses, Application Essays, Assessment of Admissions Process, Beyond the Presentation, Common Misperceptions, Deferrals, Economy and Financial Aid, Fairness, High Schools, Home Schooling, Innovative Applications, International Baccalaureate, Learning Disabilities, Recommendations, SAT Writing Test, Self-Inflicted Damage, Standardized Tests, Statistics, Summer Experience, Top 10 Percent Rule in Texas, Transcripts, and Transfers.