Iowa among the best in providing advanced placement for students
The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs
America's
schools are failing the most talented students by holding them back,
failing to provide adequate college credit courses in high school and
slowing their entry to college which in turn adds to their higher
education costs and leads to years of lost income that would come with
an earlier entry into the work force.
Many of
those students are being denied access to challenging courses that can
lead to careers in areas like math and science at a time when the
nation is losing its advantage over other counties in those areas.
The
claims are included in a national report to be released this fall
called, “A Nation Deceived … How Schools Hold Back America's
Brightest Students.” Nicholas Colangelo, director of the University of
Iowa's Belin-Blank Center is the lead author of the national report.
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UNI to pick up tuition for some
Des Moines Register
The
University of Northern Iowa will offer full-tuition scholarships
beginning this fall to Iowa students who can't afford to attend the
school, officials announced Friday.
The
Tuition Opportunity Plan aims to reach out to low-income students,
whose numbers fell as tuition increased in recent years, university
officials said.
“Tuition
has been rising faster than financial aid,” said President Robert Koob.
“We think there are people choosing not to even apply because they are
afraid of the costs.”
Qualifying
Iowa students are those who can't afford to contribute anything to
their education, equivalent to about 100 to 200 UNI students each year,
said Roland Carrillo , executive director of enrollment management. The
program will serve only incoming freshmen beginning this fall.
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