The goal of Mentor Michigan College Coaching AmeriCorps Program is to increase the number of mentoring relationships among k-12 youth as well as to motivate them to apply to college. We also focus on building a strong “college-going” culture in the community as well as in the virtual world. This site is an important tool for anyone who wants to learn more about the importance of attaining a college degree and staying connected with current events pertaining to higher education.
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News media sometimes run stories about students who graduated with
six-figure student loan debt. Such articles have appeared in
Businessweek, the Chronicle of Higher Education, CNN, the Huffington
Post, the Miami New Times, Money Magazine, the New York Times, NPR, the
San Francisco Chronicle and the Wall Street Journal. These stories have
shock value and sensationalize the student debt problem, but the
borrowers depicted in these stories are not representative of typical
college graduates. Most undergraduate students graduate with an
affordable amount of debt, with less that 10% of college graduates
having total student loan debt exceeding their annual income. The
average debt at graduation for Bachelor’s degree recipients in 2011 was
about $27,000, about the cost of a new car.
Nevertheless, much can be learned by examining extreme examples. Extrema
can help identify the strengths and weaknesses of the student loan
system. I have written a student aid policy analysis paper that analyzes
the characteristics of students who graduate with an extreme amount of
debt, in excess of $100,000.
The full paper can be found at
www.finaid.org/educators/20120801sixfiguredebt.pdf
Michigan Campus Compact’s College Positive Volunteerism training has been provided for University of Michigan students with the College Corps program. These college students lead “college knowledge” lessons with high school students in Oak Park, Michigan! This program has been adopted in several other schools as well such as Mott Community College, Alma College, Ferris State (Grand Rapids), Finlandia University, and Western Michigan University.
College Students please volunteer and help high school students understand what college life is all about.
For more information about College Positive Volunteerism, visit: www.compactaccess2success.com
If you’ve been keeping up with the unemployment figures lately, you might be wondering if going to college is worth it. The answer is a resounding yes, according to “Hard Times, Not all College Degrees are Created Equal,” a 2012 report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
The non-profit organization College Board placed 857 empty school desks on the National Mall to represent the number of students who drop out of school every hour of the school day.
It’s never too late to learn something new. And for older adults looking for a change, going back to school may be a smart decision.
Cleveland State University, like its counterparts across the state, plans to increase tuition this fall. But it wants to buck convention by eliminating the additional charge if a student takes more than 16 credit hours a semester.
The proposed move will cost the university about $500,000 a year, but officials say it is worth it if it helps students stay on track to graduate.
(Source: world-shaker)
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