CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

AUGUST 19, 2024

College applications have many steps and lots of components that have to be completed in an accurate and timely manner. While the bulk of the application process occurs in your senior year, there’s plenty you can do in your early high school years to help prepare too. If that’s not feasible for you, that’s okay too!

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

The Department of Education plans to release further information on the application process and logistics of offering a PEP soon. Building on their early success, Mott’s Second Chance Pell Program Coordinator, Mary Cusack , recently turned to a long-standing transfer partner in the region, Ferris State University.

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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

It is getting closer to the fall semester and your application numbers are below last year’s count. But by doing a bit of internal research first, you’re more likely to hit upon a solution that proves successful for your unique institution and student body. How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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EAB

APRIL 10, 2023

DO: Consider the cost of participation Ad spend on different social media platforms can vary widely depending on several factors such as audience demographics, ad format, ad placement, and bidding strategies. Gauging success among higher ed social ad platforms is an evolving science. Make a practice of backing up your social content.

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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

It is getting closer to the fall semester and your application numbers are below last year’s count. But by doing a bit of internal research first, you’re more likely to hit upon a solution that proves successful for your unique institution and student body. How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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College Planners of America

JUNE 5, 2024

Two outcomes of a student’s admissions campaign indicate success; first, being accepted by targeted colleges, and second, being able to afford them. Earning high grades on Advanced Placement (AP) exams can foster both results. The rigor of curricula vary widely, inhibiting a college’s ability to compare applicants fairly.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 5, 2024

Two outcomes of a student’s admissions campaign indicate success; first, being accepted by targeted colleges, and second, being able to afford them. Earning high grades on Advanced Placement (AP) exams can foster both results. The rigor of curricula vary widely, inhibiting a college’s ability to compare applicants fairly.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For example, students may be asked to track down official high school transcripts, complete 3-4 hours’ worth of placement testing, or upload sensitive documents. Allow leniency in transcripts and placement testing. Automatically schedule an advising appointment for a student after they complete their application.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

How were testing policy changes communicated to prospective applicants and counselors? How did institutions use test scores (if received) and other application materials in their admission reading and class-shaping practices? How and why did institutions decide whether to go test-optional (and, if so, in what form)?

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Blogs “Move-in melt” is on the rise: Why it’s happening and 3 strategies to fight it “Summer melt" is a familiar challenge for enrollment and student success teams across the country. Provide Application Support: Go beyond core information about your application process and offer virtual or in-person application workshops and webinars.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. 13 After discovering that 93 percent of non-enrolled applicants did not go on to enroll at another institution, college leadership decided to survey lost applicants.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Tips to optimize your organic website lead generation for adult learners Stealth shoppers, or students who research extensively on their own before “raising their hand” to express interest in your program, have grown to a whopping 80% of adult learner applicants, up from 20% just a few years ago, according to EAB’s latest research.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Career service teams should consider offering opportunities such as field work and clinical placements in partnership with employers , as well as digital simulations to provide students with exposure in new fields. And of course, make sure to advertise these experiential learning opportunities prominently.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

International students and students interested in legal education programs (JD, LLM) spend the most time researching programs, perhaps because of the additional application requirements these students face. July 31, 2023 Increasing adult learners’ success: Retention and belonging July 26, 2023 Didn’t meet your graduate enrollment goals?

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2024

Building a high school resume for college or job applications can also help you start identifying your achievements and start practicing personal branding. This placement signals to employers that you are just beginning your professional journey. Use creative language and a variety of action verbs to highlight your success.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The student receives credits for a college course, exemption from a required course, and/or advanced placement in the curriculum of a bachelor’s degree program. Students who score 50 or higher on exams have a higher rate of successful transfer from two-year to four-year colleges.

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EAB

APRIL 4, 2023

And you know, some of these insights sound like they would be applicable to nearly all adult learners, but what do you find best that really sets the career switches apart in this regard? DK: Understood. The career changers are exactly right. BD: Dave, I love that. Just so key and important.

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EAB

MARCH 7, 2023

It could be a controversial political appointment, to the board of trustees of someone that students don't serve in the same, or identify the same political party as that individual or some controversy around that person's placement. It could be something that's happening outside of the institution. Until then, thank you for your time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

More specifically, the authors explain several problems/issues confronting Black male students in P-12 gifted and talented, advanced placement, and special education programs, along with the school-to-prison pipeline – inequitable discipline in the form of suspensions and expulsions. Hines and E.C. Fletcher (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited.

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