May 2, 2014: Education News We're Reading This Week

Posted May 2, 2014 | By Cooke Foundation Staff

May 2, 2014—Here’s what we’re reading this week in education news.

So, which Ivy League school did Kwasi Enin pick…? (NPR)

“College-Rating System Will Go Forward, Duncan Says” (Chronicle of Higher Education)

“Rural States Boast Top Grad Rates, But Native Students Lag” (Education Week)

“How many college applications is too many?” (Reuters)

And, of course, new Undergraduate Transfer Scholar articles just keep rolling in! We love it.

• Matthew Tate—“College student paves his own way”
• Trung Dinh Quach & Matthew Tate—“Two GPC Students Win Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship,” “Two Georgia Perimeter Students Win Distinguished Scholarship”
• Paul Harvel—“Broward College Student Receives Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship”
• Stacy McElvaney & Julianna Bourgeois—“Two RRCC Students Awarded Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships”
• Travis Williamson—“MiraCost student awarded prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship“

And in case you missed it, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation released a study in partnership with Brandeis University about transfer student success at 4-year institutions: Partnerships that Promote Success