The College Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success

[Mastadon]

This seems like an initiative that the CC community would be interested in…

An unprecedented coalition of diverse public and private colleges and universities is coming together to improve the college admission application process for all students. The Coalition is developing a free platform of online tools to streamline the experience of applying to college. The initial iteration of the platform will be available to freshmen, sophomores and juniors in high school beginning in April 2016.

http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/

Members of the Coalition include a diverse group of public universities that have affordable tuition along with need-based financial aid for in-state residents, and private colleges and universities that provide sufficient financial aid to meet the full, demonstrated financial need of every domestic student they admit. Coalition schools graduate at least 70 percent of their students within six years, with many having much higher graduation rates. The Coalition has signed up over 80 schools so far, and more partners continue to join.

http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/members.html

Thoughts???

[ucbalumnus]

Being discussed at http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1826084-nyt-a-new-coalition-of-elite-colleges-tries-to-reshape-admissions.html ; also discussed previously in an older thread.