Hi again -

Just saw this at the Cost of College blog, which is written by a parent in
Eastchester:

"The goal for America's educational system is clear: Every student should
graduate from high school ready for college or a career." (President Obama)

Eastchester has just adopted graduation goals:

A graduate of the Eastchester Schools will be:

* A respectful individual
* A life-long learner
* An effective communicator
* A complex thinker and problem solver
* A competent and responsible user of technology


College readiness didn't make the list.

Catherine

http://costofcollege.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/high-school-graduation-goals-do-no\
t-include-being-ready-for-college-or-career/

--- In irvingtonparentsforum@yahoogroups.com, Catherine Johnson <cijohn@...>
wrote:
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> On 1/29/12 11:13 AM, "Stephanie Plaut" <sjplaut@...> wrote:
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> > My own alma mater, Bryn Mawr, also happily and proudly touts the very large
> > percentage of foreign students now in attendance (27% of the Class of 2014).
> > In fact, it is one of the purported selling points of the College since it
> > screams diversity and globalization. Aside from the intellectual benefits
of
> > these two characteristics, there is a real hard economic truth for colleges
> > and universities: simply that foreign students tend to fully pay their way.
> > (One source states that 60% of foreign students pay their own way and
another
> > 10% receive funding from outside the US.) No need for student loans. That
> > accepted foreign student is coming to your campus if they choose you because
> > economic factors aren't going to force their hand. This is too tantalizing
a
> > population and, I believe, spells disaster for American students and their
> > college acceptances, beyond whatever academic failings we can debate our
> > educational system currently possesses. I congratulate the President for
any
> > steps that can be taken to help stem the tide of spiraling college costs
(this
> > week's speech at UMich) but I also wonder what can be done to avoid having
> > our students squeezed out of higher education by equally qualified foreign
> > students with deep pockets. Ideas that don't sound xenophobic, anyone? Oh,
> > one more thing, the influx of foreign students is growing more at the
> > undergraduate than graduate level.
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
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> >
> > Hey Stephanie ­ You stole my thunder! The very next post I was going to
write
> > was about Bryn Mawr. We have a family member who works there. He says 12% of
> > the Bryn Mawr student body is from China. Twelve percent! He also said
Chinese
> > students are pretty much keeping Bryn Mawr afloat.
> >
> >
> >
> > <<This is too tantalizing a population and, I believe, spells disaster for
> > American students and their college acceptances, beyond whatever academic
> > failings we can debate our educational system currently possesses.>>
> >
> >
> > Absolutely.
> >