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Posted 11-22-99
Admissions counselors from Case Western Reserve University visited several Cleveland public high schools November 15-19 during National College Week, joining a national drive to help show students that "College is Possible."
National college enrollment is estimated to reach nearly 15 million in 1999, according to a report issued November 15 by the U.S. Department of Education. During the next decade, full-time enrollment is expected to grow 14 percent, and part-time enrollment 4 percent, the department estimates.
There are lifelong payoffs from earning a college degree. Workers with bachelor's degrees earned an average of $36,720 annually -- some $14,000 more each year than high school graduates ($22,624), and double the annual income of high school dropouts (less than $16,000), according to the department's report.
Still, many students feel that college is out of their reach, especially financially. Efforts such as CWRU's participation in the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education's (NOCHE) caravan seek to change that perception. In 1998-99, 93 percent of all CWRU undergraduates students received some type of financial aid, other than their own funds and family contributions.
CWRU admissions counselors visited several Cleveland public high schools for college fairs which all NOCHE schools were invited to attend. The college fairs ran November 8-11 and 15-19 at schools around Cleveland. Stops during National College Week were East Technical High School (November 15), South High (November 16), Max Hayes High School (November 17), the Cleveland School of the Arts (November 17), East High (November 18), and John F. Kennedy High School (November 19).
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