COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DURING COVID: HOW TO NAVIGATE THE NEW CHALLENGES IN ADMISSIONS, TESTING, FINANCIAL AID, AND MORE

Author: Princeton Review, Robert Franek

Publisher: Princeton Review

ISBN-13: 9780525571810

College Admissions During COVID provides the latest info & recommendations for successfully navigating your application process during the global coronavirus pandemic.

· If my target school is test-optional, do I still need to take the SAT or ACT?

· What should I do if most of my extracurriculars were canceled due to lockdowns?

· What should I expect if I have to take a standardized test (like the APs or ACT) from home?

Students in the entering classes of 2021 and 2022 face a college admissions landscape unlike any before. The massive changes wrought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have upended once-standard admissions advice, with new questions arising daily.

THE EVERYTHING PAYING FOR COLLEGE BOOK: GRANTS, LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FINANCIAL AID- ALL YOU NEED TO FUND HIGHER EDUCATION

Author: Nathan Brown, Sheryle A. Proper

Publisher: Everything; 1st Edition

ISBN-13: 9781593373009

Finding the right college should be one of the most thrilling times of your life. Whether you're a graduating high-school senior, a parent making financial investments for your child's future, or an adult returning to school, The Everything Paying for College Book is a valuable resource that provides the information to face college tuition. With appendices listing organizations and other resources, you'll find smart ways to save and find extra cash for books and class.

The Everything Paying for College Book helps you learn about:

• The difference between loans and grants

• Conditional cash

• Options for long-term investing

• When and how to fill out the forms

• Qualification guidelines

• Whom you should approach for money

PAYING FOR COLLEGE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL AID AND AFFORD COLLEGE

Author: Princeton Review, Kalman Chany

Publisher: Princeton Review

ISBN-13: 9780525570097

Take control of your financial aid experience with this essential guide.

Financing a college education is a daunting task no matter what your circumstances. With line-by-line instructions for filling out the FAFSA and consumer-friendly advice to minimize college costs, Paying for College helps you take control of your experience and:

• Maximize your financial aid eligibility

• Learn how COVID-19 and the latest tax laws affect the financing of your college education

• Explore long- and short-term strategies to reduce college costs and avoid expensive mistakes

• Complete every question on the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms to your best advantage

• Plan strategically as a separated/divorced parent, blended family, or independent student.

THE TRUTH ABOUT COLLEGE ADMISSION: A FAMILY GUIDE TO GETTING IN AND STAYING TOGETHER

Author:  Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

Publisher:  JHUP

ISBN-13: 9781421436371

Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges?

The Truth about College Admission is the easy-to-follow, comprehensive, go-to guide for families. Maybe you are feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. The expert authors with inside knowledge from both the high school and university sides of the experience provide critical advice, thoughtful strategies, helpful direction, and invaluable reassurance during the long and often bewildering college admission journey. From searching for colleges and creating a list of favorites to crafting an application, learning what schools are looking for academically and outside the classroom, and getting insight into how colleges decide who to accept, this book covers every important step along the path to college acceptance.

Higher Education

This Month We Are Featuring Books From The University of Chicago Press

“MANUFACTURING MORALS” THE VALUES OF SILENCE IN BUSINESS SCHOOL EDUCATION

Author: Michel Anteby

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226092478

Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and as one of the world’s most elite business schools, Harvard Business School trains many of the future leaders of Fortune 500 companies.  But how does HBS formally and informally ensure faculty and students embrace proper business standards? Relying on his first-hand experience as a Harvard Business School faculty member, Michel Anteby gives a rich account that reveals the surprising role of silence and ambiguity in HBS’s process of codifying morals and business values. Manufacturing Morals demonstrates how faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended directives that require significant decision-making of those involved, with little overt guidance from the hierarchy.

“GLOBALIZATION IN AN AGE OF CRISIS” MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Author: Edited by Robert C. Feenstra and Alan M. Taylor

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226030753

The financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. As in recessions past, new policy initiatives emerged, approaches that placed greater importance on protecting national interests than promoting international economic cooperation.

Robert C. Feenstra and Alan M. Taylor have brought together top researchers with policy makers and practitioners whose contributions consider the ways in which the global economic order might address the challenges of globalization. Chapters in this volume consider the critical linkages between issues, including exchange rates, global imbalances, and financial regulation, and plumb the political and economic outcomes of past policies for what they might tell us about the future of the global economic cooperation.

“PAYING THE PRICE” COLLEGE COSTS, FINANCIAL AID, AND THE BETRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

Author: Sara Goldrick-Rab

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

ISBN:  9780226527147

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree, right?

Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail why. College is far too expensive for many people, and the confusing mix of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves countless students without the resources they need to pay for it.

America can fix this problem. Goldrick-Rab offers possible solutions, from technical improvements to the financial aid application process, to a bold, public sector–focused “first degree free” program. What’s not an option, is doing nothing, and crush the college dreams of a generation of young people.

HOW THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND GREAT RECESSION AFFECTED HIGHER EDUCATION

Author: Edited by Jeffrey R. Brown and Caroline M. Hoxby

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226201832

The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support. Universities responded to these stresses in different ways. This volume presents new evidence on the nature of these responses.   

The studies in this volume explore how various practices at institutions of higher education, such as the drawdown of endowment resources, the awarding of financial aid, and spending on research, responded to the financial crisis. The authors examine the role of endowments in university finances and the interaction of spending policies, asset allocation strategies, and investment opportunities. They demonstrate that universities’ behavior can be modeled using economic principles.