Yet another troubling trend for higher education: applications for federal student aid are way up among existing students, like juniors and seniors and grad students, but way down among potential new students, like high school grads. Put together, it looks like a lot of potential students are putting off their plans for college entirely, while […]
It’s never been a secret that international students paying full price to attend California colleges has helped keep those colleges financially viable. The combination of world-class universities combined with California’s reputation as an open and cosmopolitan destination has made it one of the world’s educational hubs. That may be changing, as international student registration in […]
California’s college systems had strongly endorsed a ballot measure – Proposition 16 – that would have permitted affirmative action for prospective college students. It lost. But they’re still reiterating their commitment to diversity and inclusion. The need is great. The simple truth is that educational attainment is strongly correlated with family income, and that family […]
As recently as 2015, polls showed that Americans of both parties had a positive view of colleges and universities. But that was also the year when the eventual president of the United States first said “I love the poorly educated!” Now a new article in The Chronicle of Higher Education concludes: America is more divided […]
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The numbers are in and, as predicted, it looks like a lot of people are putting off college in the time of pandemic. According to recently released data, overall college attendance is down 3% from fall of 2019, and undergraduate enrollment is down 4%. That’s bad enough. But the most eye-popping statistic? Enrollment by first-time […]
A study we conducted of Calbright’s first student cohort found that people whose goals for their education were specific and compatible with what Calbright provides were significantly happier with their experience. Students who wanted things we don’t offer were less happy. That seems so simple – but experts say it’s one of the key factors […]
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Will the coronavirus kill the SAT? As a recent report in Forbes makes clear, momentum against the most famous admissions test for colleges is building. Over the last decade, a gradually increasing number of schools had stopped asking for the test scores as part of their admissions process, or made them optional. But during the […]
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Calbright College is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Alma Salazar, whose tireless work on behalf of California students inspires us towards greater urgency and action. “Dr. Salazar saw in our work together and in all things a path forward for social justice and equity, leading efforts across the public and private sector in […]
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In the mass rush to move almost every college course in the country online, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. But that was an emergency, stopgap, measure. Now that colleges have had some time to prepare, what are the primary obstacles that students face in getting a high caliber education online? We asked […]
As reopening colleges become the new hotspots for coronavirus outbreaks, a new front of inequity in higher education has emerged – who gets tested, and when. Some colleges (like Notre Dame and Purdue) require students to be tested and have negative results before they can come back on campus; some (like the University of Illinois […]
