Archives for May, 2008
Finding Gay-Friendly College Campuses
- Posted by Lori McCormick on May 14th, 2008 in Admissions
College guide books are a helpful resource for developing a list of schools to apply to. Typically, when seeking a suitable match, students explore colleges with specific personal criteria: academic interests, campus size, location, religious affiliation, or political identification. Finding a college that not only fits the aforementioned but also includes a friendly campus for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students has become less challenging with help from The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students.
The guide is a product of nearly 5,000 online interviews with LGBT students and 500 online interviews with faculty and staff from campuses across the country. The outcome is a comprehensive profile of 100 U.S. colleges with the top “Gay Point Average” on critical LGBT issues such as:
* Gay-affirmative policies
* Campus events
* Queer student perspectives
* Housing for LGBT students
* Local gay hangouts
* Gay-friendly support resources
* Queer studies
The guide is available at most bookstores or online (e.g. Amazon.com). To read more about gay-friendly college campuses, click on this 2006 article from The New York Times
High School Exit Exams Don’t Improve Achievement
- Posted by Sarah Ziegler on May 13th, 2008 in Articles of Interest
In a blow to proponents of state high school exit exams, the Chronicle of Higher Education today reported on a study demonstrating that students in states with mandatory high school exit exams do not score higher on national tests of reading and mathematics than students who do not have to pass an exit exam. This study builds upon previous research that requiring an exit exam did not translate into higher salaries for students, nor did it translate into an increased likelihood of completing a college degree. In light of this research, critics of exit exams are calling for the tests to be either substantially revised, or dropped altogether.
Encouraging News for Waitlisted Students
- Posted by Sarah Ziegler on May 9th, 2008 in Articles of Interest
The New York Times reported today that several highly selective institutions plan to admit numerous students off of their waitlists. Harvard expects to admit an additional 150-175 students off their waitlist, UPenn an additional 90, and Yale an additional 45. This large waitlist activity will likely affect schools beyond the Ivy League, as students admitted off one waitlist free up space at another institution.
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