Perspectives
Asian Americans don’t see same returns on education as whites in Chicago
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The “model minority” stereotype masks the diversity of experiences and racial inequities faced by the city’s Asian Americans, as detailed in a new report.
Education
Over 160,000 eligible low-income students denied MAP grants last year
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More than half of applicants for Illinois’ Monetary Award Program, which helps poor students pay for college tuition, were turned away in the 2016-17 school year due to a lack of state funding.
Perspectives
Public universities increasingly out of reach for Illinois’ low-income students
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Deep cuts to higher education are pushing black, Latino and other first-generation college hopefuls out of a path to upward economic mobility, a new report shows.
Education
How college advising in CPS got a whole lot smarter
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Chicago’s push to increase college-going has given the work of high school counselors a sharper focus. Even in tough fiscal times, counselors are honing their skills, and the district is bringing in nonprofit partners to support their work.
college going
Detours on the road to a college degree
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Catalyst revisits Breyana Floyd, who was profiled in our winter issue on college persistence. Like many first-generation, low-income college students of color, Breyana struggled financially and with feelings of not belonging on campus. In May she left Monmouth College and is now preparing to transfer into Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago, where she continues to have financial challenges.
Catalyst Chicago
Loyola extends hand to low-income students
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Loyola University Chicago is seeking to answer a key question: How can private colleges better target and serve the growing number of poor students, who typically cannot afford Loyola and other schools like it? The school’s answer is Arrupe College, a highly structured two-year program that aims to provide a sturdy on-ramp for high school graduates to eventually enroll in a four-year college or university.
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Summer counseling aimed at getting more high school grads in college
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Over the last two summers, CPS has invested in helping pay for summer transition counselors, who help recent graduates navigate the complex process that often precedes enrolling in college. For some veterans, it’s a return to a strategy used in the early 2000s when resources for post-secondary work were plentiful.
Catalyst Chicago
Quit complaining about the PARCC
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The PARCC is designed to tell all of us–schools, principals, teachers, parents and students–what we know and don’t know about whether students are learning, what we are doing well and what we need help with. That’s a good thing, right? So what’s all the fuss about?
college going
More students on non-traditional path to a degree
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Nationwide, more than one-third of undergraduate students are over 24, and a majority of them attend college part-time.
Cover Story
Easing barriers to college completion
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High schools are now rated on the college enrollment and persistence of their graduates. To solve the money problems, academic difficulties and social challenges that many students face, CPS is partnering with local colleges and universities.