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Education

How low expectations force low-income students to miss out on college aid

By Rita Oceguera | September 6, 2019

High-achieving students at East Aurora High School say they were “undermatched” and missed out on generous financial aid packages from selective universities because they were not properly guided or encouraged to apply to them.

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Are you mentally well enough for college?

By Nicholas Joyce | September 6, 2019

A campus psychologist explains why so many students ask him for help after they’ve failed courses.

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Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions

By Morgan Polikoff, Jerome A. Lucido and Julie Renee Posselt | August 16, 2019

Even if wealthy parents don’t resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed by the FBI, the college admission process still favors the rich, scholars argue.

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Counterpoint: As college graduates, we are Urban Prep’s reputation

By Krishaun Branch, Cameron Barnes, Tyler Beck, Jamil Boldian, Jerry Hinds, Jessie Mack and Deontae Moore | July 2, 2019

As Black boys from the “hood,” we weren’t supposed to succeed in college but we did because of Urban Prep, a group of alumni write in a response to criticism of the school.

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The SAT’s new ‘adversity score’ is a poor fix for a problematic test

By Leigh Patel | May 31, 2019

The College Board is adding a new ‘adversity score’ to the SAT to take students’ socioeconomic backgrounds into account. Will the move correct long-standing disparities in the college entrance exam?

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States – not just Congress – should unlock student financial aid for people in prison

By Bradley D. Custer | May 23, 2019

The federal government isn’t the only one that has banned student financial aid to prisoners. Many states have enacted their own bans as well, new research shows.

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Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results

By Chezare A. Warren | May 23, 2019

Urban Prep Academy in Chicago made a name by boasting about its 100% college acceptance rates for graduating seniors. A founding teacher at Urban Prep explains why that statistic is misleading.

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Asian Americans don’t see same returns on education as whites in Chicago

By William Scarborough, Amanda E. Lewis and Iván Arenas | May 23, 2018

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.

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Over 160,000 eligible low-income students denied MAP grants last year

By Meredith Kolodner | May 23, 2018

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.

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Public universities increasingly out of reach for Illinois’ low-income students

By Kyle P. Westbrook | October 2, 2017

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.

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