MISHAWAKA â The anticipation had been building for months.
Filtering into Bethel Universityâs new Lehman Family Training Center on Friday, high school seniors paused under a bright blue BU banner and waited for instructions on their next activity: a scavenger hunt to get to know all the spots on campus where theyâd live and learn over the next four years.
When administrators had to cancel the same Pilot Preview Day for admitted students last year, still so much was unknown about the pandemic, including whether students would even choose to live on a college campus when so much could be done online.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently welcomed middle and high school students, pictured, back for in-person classes. The rate of applications for financial aid for college students has fallen both nationally and in North Carolina.
Getting first-generation and low-income students to apply for college is always a challenge, according to Hope Williams, president of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. But she says the pandemic has only exacerbated the issue.
“The challenge in higher education is reaching students and families who are our lower-income and first-generation college students,” Williams said.
Not only are application rates for first-generation and low-income students down, but so are applications for FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A few weeks ago, ahead of a nor’easter that unleashed biting winds and snow across New England, Alyssa Washington, a high school senior who wants to be a nurse, made her big college decision: not to go next fall.
There was no single reason. Rather, mounting obstacles led Washington, a senior at Metropolitan Business Academy, a public school in New Haven, to hit pause. She had not finished the Common App, a shared application form used by more than 900 colleges and universities; had struggled to write her application essay; had lost her password for Naviance, which collects transcripts, recommendation letters and other forms needed to apply; and – like many students in low-income districts this year – had not filled out the FAFSA, the federal financial aid application form.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A few weeks ago, ahead of a nor’easter that unleashed biting winds and snow across New England, Alyssa Washington, a high school senior who wants to be a nurse, made her big college decision: not to go next fall.
There was no single reason. Rather, mounting obstacles led Washington, a senior at Metropolitan Business Academy, a public school in New Haven, to hit pause. She had not finished the Common App, a shared application form used by more than 900 colleges and universities; had struggled to write her application essay; had lost her password for Naviance, which collects transcripts, recommendation letters and other forms needed to apply; and – like many students in low-income districts this ye