CTK College Coach

MAY 12, 2025

I began working with under-resourced teenagers when I was barely out of my teens myself. This year, our team of essay and admissions coaches at CTK teamed with our dear friend and former colleague Jennie Goldsmith Rothman to run a college access program at Orange High School in Orange (Newark), New Jersey.

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 12, 2025

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all better and make college admissions somehow feel fair and like it makes sense, but I haven’t discovered that power within me — yet, so I’m gonna stick with providing as much information as I possibly can for those who want it and can use it. tty for a lot of you.

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DC College Counseling

JULY 11, 2025

We hope you had a fantastic 4th of July weekend, whether you were grilling with family, catching fireworks in your neighborhood, or making progress on college essays poolside! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Now that we’ve all had a chance to relax and recharge, it’s time to dive back into the latest from the world of college admissions!

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Hoffman Agency is sponsoring a new scholarship for a California Community College student. The scholarship will cover two years of tuition and fees for a student studying communications at an HBCU. There is a new scholarship opportunity for California Community College students who want to study communications.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

A new law awards eligible California Community College graduates $5,000 if they attend a partner HBCU. The California Community College system has a transfer program with 39 HBCUs across the country. The legislation, introduced by California State Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan and signed by Newsom on Sept.

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MAY 5, 2023

Students, staff, and faculty in the California Community Colleges system have access to free and confidential immigration legal services through the Higher Education Legal Services Project. Services carry over until a resolution is found, even if a student has graduated from the community college.

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BestColleges

APRIL 5, 2024

The board of trustees approved the Austin Community College Free Tuition pilot program, which will last at least five years. The Austin Community College (ACC) District is giving all graduating high schoolers within the area free tuition to earn associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and certifications.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. Here’s what that could mean for your institution.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 30, 2023

To help you out, we've compiled this blog post on the easiest colleges to get into in the US. Still, if you're looking for a school with a guaranteed admission policy or a good safety school so you can also apply to some of the hardest colleges to get into with less anxiety, you'll find what you need in this blog post.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Blogs 3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting How to save time and move your data strategy from disparate to deliberate Community College IR and IE offices spend weeks (if not months) each year on IPEDS and other compliance reports. This allows different sources of data to “speak” to each other.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka called for free community college in a speech to her chamber. Thirty-one states currently offer free community college with varying eligibility requirements, including several of Massachusetts' neighbors.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2023

President Joe Biden's budget includes a $500 million grant program to provide two years of free community college. The budget also includes $90 billion in free community college investments over the next decade. The budget calls for just over $90 billion to fund free community college over the next decade.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Maura Healey's MassReconnect proposal would cover expenses like textbooks and fees in addition to community college tuition. Massachusetts residents who are 25 years or older and who haven't earned a college credential will be eligible for the program. Any nation that out educates us will out compete us.”

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APRIL 1, 2024

The California Community Colleges system will offer six more bachelor's degree programs. Six new bachelor's degree programs have been approved to be offered by the California Community Colleges (CCC) system. The CCC introduced the pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program at 15 community colleges in 2014.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The University of California and California State University systems would see a 5% base increase in funding. California Community Colleges would see a little over $652 million of ongoing funding under the proposed plan. million going to UC and $227.3 million heading to CSU.

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MAY 13, 2024

The tax credit is valid at any public Colorado four-year institution, technical college, or community college. Students must either complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (CASFA) and qualify for in-state tuition to apply. Jared Polis.

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MARCH 28, 2023

A new dual enrollment program was announced by California State University and the California Community Colleges. Students from California Community Colleges make up 95% of CSU transfers. The California State University (CSU) system and the California Community Colleges have established a dual enrollment program.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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BestColleges

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges are training students for the fast-growing electric vehicle industry. million STEM investment during a visit to Pima Community College, according to The Arizona Republic. Community colleges are increasingly pivoting toward STEM to train students in high-demand, high-paying fields.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 9, 2024

this year, led by gains in California applications, which compensated for a decline in out-of-state applications. This trend reflects one of the system’s stated goals : to increase the enrollment of California students by 23,000 by 2030. for international students, but the lowest enrollment rates for both were in 2023.

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EAB

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs 2023 in Review: A Momentous Year in Higher Ed 2023 was a year of big changes. Read on to see our 2023 trends and check out resources you may have missed. times this year What was on your mind in 2023 ChatGPT burst onto the scene this year, spurring countless questions about cheating, the future of work, and more.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9%

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JULY 24, 2023

The state's budget expands the existing Middle Class Scholarship to cover these students' tuition, fees, and other expenses. This program will cost the state $25 million annually. Gavin Newsom signed into law a state budget that promises to significantly increase college access for students with experience in foster care (SEFC).

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AUGUST 3, 2023

[2] Check All of the top-25 largest college campuses by enrollment are public universities, except two: New York University and the University of Southern California. Check Five of the country's top 50 largest colleges serve students exclusively online. Check Two of the country's top 50 largest colleges are two-year colleges.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Colleges within those systems will offer automatic admission for students in the top 10% of their class. Several states have introduced direct admissions programs, while the Common App launched a broader effort. Kathy Hochul announced a series of initiatives designed to increase access to the state's colleges and universities.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At Yale, you’ll find gothic spires and aged residential colleges reminiscent of Oxford and Cambridge, a library designed to look like a “cathedral to knowledge,” a whale-shaped hockey stadium home to an NCAA-winning team, one of the oldest and most famous student newspapers in the country, and a campus thrumming with a cappella groups and theater.

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APRIL 16, 2024

The botched launch of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) may lead to a precipitous drop in college enrollments for the upcoming school year that could surpass those reported following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to higher education experts and advocates. That's a 27.1% High-minority school 32.2% -33.3%

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 20, 2023

Ivy Day 2023: All You Need To Know Are you ready for Ivy Day 2023? So, buckle up and join us as we explore the anticipation surrounding Ivy Day 2023. When is Ivy Day 2023? In 2023, Ivy Day is scheduled for March 30, while it took place on March 31 in the previous year, 2022. What is Ivy Day?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Learn strategies and review sample Princeton supplemental essays learn how to get into princeton Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Princeton admission requirements Part 3: Applying to Princeton early action vs. regular decision Part 4: 2023–2024 Princeton supplemental essays (examples included) - "My son. who was advised by you.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Farm Bill is where all land-grant universities get the bulk of their federal funding, but the appropriations have rarely been equitable between white land-grant institutions compared to Black and tribal colleges and universities. In 1889, states returned to Congress asking for more money to enhance research and academic funding.

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JULY 17, 2023

Many public colleges in California are just as renowned as the state's private universities. The University of California system , for example, includes some of the most prestigious public colleges in the country, like UCLA and UC Berkeley. Here, students can grow vegetables and herbs in campus community gardens.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Because of MIT’s name recognition, students will stand out to recruiters in a variety of professions. Alumni attend prestigious graduate schools, travel the world with Fulbright Fellowships , invent lucrative smartphone apps in Silicon Valley, design skyscrapers, enter politics, and much more—both in and out of STEM fields.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. At the time, I was unaware of any support offered by my college that could have made a difference.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Stanford, MIT), you may be encouraging them to apply to the MIT of the West Coast: Caltech (or the California Institute of Technology). Stanford, MIT), you may be encouraging them to apply to the MIT of the West Coast: Caltech (or the California Institute of Technology).

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BestColleges

JULY 17, 2023

Learn more about the top LPN programs in Mississippi, how to become an LPN in the state, and the salary and job outlook for this career. If the acceptance rate is high, but the graduation rate is low, the program may be too hard and many students drop out. All of the LPN programs ranked here are accredited.

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