Nationally, less than 45 percent of today's undergraduates are men, down from 55 percent in 1970. Reducing Student Stress Students spend untold hours and countless dollars worrying and preparing for their transitions from school to college. As professionals, we bemoan the media hype about competition, the need for exceptional school grades, test scores, and extracurricular resumes, and the limited availability of financial aid. Join this important discussion. Middle Income Families Saving for college is a challenging task.
Today there are many different strategies and financial products for educational savings.
This session will examine the most popular and appropriate savings techniques for families and dispel the widespread myth that college savings will penalize a child in the financial aid process. Traditionally underrepresented students constitute a substantive portion of the community college enrollment. Come learn how the University of California's historic agreement with California Community has presented extraordinary opportunities to test new strategies to increase student access to higher education and invigorate student transfer. Learn about institutional practices that best prepare underrepresented students of upper division studies. Case studies of successful transfer students at Ivy League and Sister Schools will also be discussed.