Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Demographic shift prompts college recruiting boom
Dory Streett didn't beat around the bush when she spoke to students at a Los Ange les high school recently about Colby College, a liberal arts school in Maine. It's 3,000 miles from home, there's snow for long stretches and its community of Waterville has only 16,000 residents.
"It's almost as far as you can get," the recruiter told a dozen seniors at Gertz-Ressler High School. The photos she showed of Colby's bucolic campus did seem a galaxy away to many of the mainly low-income students whose school sits beside Interstate 10.
But Streett, who also emphasized Colby's small classes and generous financial aid, urged students to consider a college outside of Southern California: "It's for kids who want something different ... who know they will be in urban areas most of their lives and want to try something different for four years."
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"It's almost as far as you can get," the recruiter told a dozen seniors at Gertz-Ressler High School. The photos she showed of Colby's bucolic campus did seem a galaxy away to many of the mainly low-income students whose school sits beside Interstate 10.
But Streett, who also emphasized Colby's small classes and generous financial aid, urged students to consider a college outside of Southern California: "It's for kids who want something different ... who know they will be in urban areas most of their lives and want to try something different for four years."
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Colby College, Demographic shift, Dory Streett, Los Ange les high school, prospective students, U.S. high school graduates are Hispanics
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