FAFSA Day Feb. 17

January 25th, 2007

Do you need help completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?

Come to FAFSA day at Meredith College on Saturday, Feb. 17.

Note that you need to register for a pin at least three days ahead of time. To get your pin, click on the link to this website:

http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp

For more information or to register for the event at Meredith, see http://www.cfnc.org/Gateway?command=ScheduledEventDetails&id=527

[Similar events are being held in other parts of the state: http://www.cfnc.org/event/fafsa/fafsa_nc_map.jsp.]

WUNC series: Considering College

January 8th, 2007

We’re not the only ones looking at this issue. Check out the following:
North Carolina Voices - Considering College
http://wunc.org/voices/considering-college

More Americans are going to college than ever before.  But a closer look at the numbers reveals some troubling realities.  Low-income students are actually less likely to go to college today than they were 30 years ago, compared to high-income students.  And while college enrollment has increased significantly among African-Americans and Latinos, minority students are still less likely than white students to go to college, and less likely to complete their degree.  Put another way, access to college has expanded significantly in the past generation, but it has expanded much more for white and high-income students than for other groups.

Tune in January 29th - February 2nd during Morning Edition, All Things Considered and The State of Things for a special series exploring access to higher education.  Topics include:

* Who goes to college today, who doesn’t, and why?
* What difference does a college degree really make, and are American universities doing a good job preparing students for the “new” economy?
* Why do so many college students drop out, and what can colleges and universities do to better help them complete their degrees?
* Why is it harder for low-income students to get to college today than it was a generation ago, and what can be done about it?  What choices are middle class families making for their children as college costs skyrocket?

First draft of the brochure

January 6th, 2007

Here’s the first draft of the brochure for the event. Comments to Nancy, please. Additions to the brochure will be mirrored in this web site. We particularly want

  1. Specific reasons to return for more education
  2. Specific resources in Wake County and/or descriptions aimed at adult students
  3. Profiles of those who returned to school as adults. These can be posted under pseudonyms, but we’d be pleased to post real names and would love to have photos

For the brochure, we also need some bullet items on what the branch has been doing for the last 98 years. What’s been important to you?

Thanks, all.

Join us on February 10

January 5th, 2007

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Cary Towne Center (near Macy’s)

11:00 - 3:00

  • come to talk to those who went back to school after a break for work or family
  • tell us what you’d like to hear more about
  • pick up resources on local schools, financial aid and more!

The event (including prize drawings) is sponsored by the Raleigh/Wake County branch of the American Association of University Women.


The mall is near I-40 at Exit 291 at the intersection of Cary Towne Blvd., Walnut St. and Maynard RdMap of the mall