What should colleges and universities teach? This age-old question has taken on new relevance as we scrutinize the assumptions underpinning our civic and educational institutions.
It turns out a good deal of creative thinking has gone into curricu…
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The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, but it’s not too early to take stock of lessons learned, or in one case a lesson affirmed.
As if more evidence were needed, the current crisis has further underscored the value of college, specifically fo…
These are truly anxious times, but I want to assure our partners and the wider community that the Scholarship Foundation remains committed to supporting the educational aspirations of students and families throughout Santa Barbara County.
As you w…
Recent headlines regarding academic achievement among U.S. adolescents have been indisputably grim, but don’t let that color your impression of Santa Barbara County students. In fact, many local high school students are downright impressive, academically and otherwise. We see the evidence time and again at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. The Scholarship Foundation recently… Read more »
Applying for college financial aid can be a maddening process, and nothing better illustrates the point than the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
For those unfamiliar with it, the FAFSA serves as a kind of documental master key …
Tradition dictates that students begin college in the fall term following their graduation from high school. An increasing number are choosing another path, though, delaying the start of their postsecondary studies for up to a year. The so-called gap year has been popular in Europe for decades. More than 50 percent of students in Norway,… Read more »
In her new book, “Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost,” anthropologist Caitlin Zaloom documents how the rising cost of college is fundamentally transforming the character of middle-class family life. Based on interviews with more tha…
As recently as the 1980s, vocational training was the Rodney Dangerfield of postsecondary education. To the extent it was acknowledged at all, it got little respect in policy circles, and fared worse with the public – the byproduct of a decades-long …
Fostering an interest in college among children has long been the province of high school teachers. Increasingly, however, educators are opting to begin the process much earlier, in some cases during the first years of elementary school. This is a we…
“Know your target market” is a familiar bit of first-order advice for enterprises large and small. Are colleges and universities heeding this axiom when it comes to students?
Pop culture stereotypes aside, not all college students are recent high …