Access to College

Are we living “access to college for all” or just preaching it?

Rob Franek will discuss three topics in the news during the last few months. Each promise to level the field by providing better college access to many. Rob will walk through each of the items listed below to help you better understand if they answer the big question of “college access achieved or just preached?”

New high school portfolio / application platform

• 80 colleges unite to create a new high school portfolio / application platform.

• How colleges plan to use this service?

Early Decision 2016

• What percentage of fall 2016 class was filled through early admissions?

• Is this preaching or living college access?

Test optional schools and academic merit based grants

• Take a closer look at the 850 test optional colleges and universities.

• How SAT / ACT scores are used to award academic merit based dollars, whether tests are optional or not.