November 8, 2018: First-Generation College Celebration Today marks the second annual First-Generation College Celebration, launched last year by the Council for Opportunity in Education and the Center for First-generation Student Success. This event marks the...
Hello, October: It’s FAFSA Season It’s the first week of October – time for the leaves to change colors, the air to get crisper, and for you to start thinking about the FAFSA. Beginning October 1, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens. And while...
College Now Interns on the Issues: Part 2 In our last blog post, we shared the college-going experiences of three College Now summer interns enrolled at three different colleges in the Midwest. Each college student chose their postsecondary institution based on cost,...
The next two blog posts veer away from state and federal policy issues that we have been addressing in recent articles and instead focuses on the students that these policies impact. The three interns referenced in this (names changed for privacy) come from different...
Six Questions You Might Have about Ohio’s Postsecondary Attainment Goal To increase postsecondary attainment in Ohio, a committee of education leaders across the state partnered with the Ohio Department of Education to set a statewide postsecondary attainment goal. In...