Streamlining The College Application Process

By Dr. Marciene Mattleman

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, comprising 83 selective public and private institutions, requires that members graduate at least 70 percent of their students within six years and that public institutions charge affordable tuition so that low income students have opportunity.

Additionally, the Coalition is building a platform to streamline the process of planning for and applying to college so that students can personalize a basic online application form and present a digital portfolio into which as early as ninth grade they can place their favorite essays, notes or extracurricular pursuits.

Concerns have been raised about how these changes will affect students' success in college in earning a degree. Get more details from Eric Hoover's article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 9th.