Issue Brief from ECS
Report on Academic Preparation for College
Enrollment Study from NCES
Manual on Diversity in Admissions
Final Report Released from ACSFA
GAO Report on the Family Education Loan Program

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Issue Brief from ECS
A new issue brief from ECS, State Strategies for Redesigning High Schools and
Promoting High School to College Transitions, details how schools are educating
students for the transition to college. The brief contains information on what
states are doing and what state leaders can do to promote high school to college
transitions. To read the issue brief, go to:
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/57/74/5774.pdf
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Report on Academic Preparation for College
The Indiana Project on Academic Success has released a report, Academic
Preparation and College Success: Analysis of Indiana's 2000 High School Class,
on how Indiana's curriculum adjustments in the 1990s influenced the academic
future of the 2000 high school class. Analysis examined students' SAT scores,
college enrollment, and college persistence. To read the report, go to:
http://www.indiana.edu/~ipas1/AcadPrepCollSuc.pdf
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Enrollment Study from NCES
A recently released report from NCES, Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions,
Fall 2002 and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2002, summarizes findings from
the Spring 2003 IPEDS Web-based data collection. Data were requested from more
than 6,600 postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal student
financial aid programs. The tables in this publication present enrollment data
for fall 2002, financial statistics for fiscal year 2002, and student financial
aid data for academic year 2001-2002. Also included are graduation rate data for
the 1996 and 1999 student cohorts. To read the report, go to:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005168
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Final Report Released from ACSFA
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance released a new report
titled The Student Aid Gauntlet: Making Access to College Simple and Certain.
The report provides suggestions on how to simplify the student financial aid
process for low and middle income students to increase access to college. To
read the report and press release, go to:
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/edlite-whatnew.html
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GAO Report on the Family Education Loan Program
GAO has released a new report titled Federal Family Education Loan Program: More
Oversight Is Needed for Schools That Are Lenders. The report covers information
on loan disbursement, FFELP trends in lending by schools, and the breakdown in
the type of FFELP lenders. To read the report, go to:
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-05-184

Thanks to Jessica Lautz, Research Assistant, National Association for College Admission Counseling
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FROM:
Terry James Mohaupt, tmohaupt@chicago.us.mensa.org
- American Mensa, Ltd., National Vision Committee
- Illinois Association for Gifted Children Parent Affiliates Chairman
- Chicago Area Mensa Gifted Children Committee
- Boone/Winnebago Regional Office of Education KIDS Advisory Board