Category: Financial Aid

Mer's College Access News - October 18

10/18/2019

Get College Access updates like questions of the month from AskUC and Data on Postsecondary Tuition & Degrees for 2017-2018
Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like a Lunch & Learn hosted by TICAS and CSAC, how to get involved with San José #Cash4College, and get October's Financial Aid Fact of the Month
Get Career Exploration & Planning updates like the 15 companies that no longer require a degree to apply, the Single Moms Success Design Challenge, and updated 2018-2028 employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like a Neuroscience for Nonprofit Leaders webinar presented by Stanford Social Innovation Review
Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like new resources to measure Social and Emotional Learning Skills and Project Tomorrow's survey, "Millennial, Gen X and Boomer Parents: Leveraging mobile-enabled social media for school-to-home communications across the generations"

10/9/2019

Get College Access updates like the updated fees to apply to the CSU, the redesigned UC application, and College Scorecard
Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like SB 150, news from CSAC's financial aid workshops, and applying to the Common App
Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like the California College Affordability Summit
Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like Michelle Obama's new YouTube channel, 2019-2020 Edtech Grants to apply to, and celebrating National Principals Month in October

9/30/2019

NEW! Take a Mindful Minute: Check out the UCLA Mindful app for basic meditations in English and Spanish
Check out Job Leads from 10 companies and prepare to ask for a raise or apply to a new job
Get College Access Updates like how prepared Gen Z students feel for the marketplace, how student load debt hurts borrowers differently based on race, the new Digital Promise Challenge Map, and investing in Latino Edupreneurs
Mer thanks the Women's Networking Alliance for her participation at their Fall Mixer on September 27 in San José
Check out Events & Opportunities like a Tai Chi holiday hibernation in San Francisco, free Salesforce Bootcamp passes from Mom Relaunch, OktoBRAfest, and advocacy opportunities

9/24/2019

Fall asleep to Sam Smith on the Calm app
Check out Job Leads from nine companies, Santa Clara County's Job Fair, and how to tackle sexual harassment
Get College Access Updates like College Day in Santa Clara starting Friday October 18, updates on Multiple Measures, a new report on Student Victimization, updated military occupations on O*Net, UC's Transfer Admission Guarantee, and resources for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Meet Mer's Wonder Womxn Squad!
Check out Events & Opportunities like volunteering with Braven for mock interviews, the Alliance for Girls' 6th Annual Conference featuring Dolores Huerta, the 2nd Annual Entrepinays Summit in San Francisco, and advocacy opportunities

9/17/2019

Check out Job Leads from 10 companies, get tips for your career search, and educate yourself on sexual harrassment
Get College Access Updates including a Career & Recruiting Guide for Students, the updated U.S. News ranking of colleges, the California Foster Youth FAFSA Challenge, and 2019 LEDA applications.
Check out Events & Opportunities like a national survey conducted by the National Association of Commissions for Women and the Norman Y. Mineta Leadership Institute in San José

9/2/2019

Check out Job Leads from 14 companies, attend Santa Clara County's Job Far on September 28, fight for pay equity, and update your LinkedIn account
NEW! Get College Access Updates like trends in the ratio of Pell Grant to total cost of attendance and federal loan receipt, updated 2020-21 Student Expense Budget and Income and Asset Ceilings released by CSAC, registration site opens for 2019 statewide financial aid workshops, apply to San José Unified's "Rise into Special Education" program, the 1619 Project Curriculum, and updates from the Posse Foundation Bay Area site
Check out Events & Opportunities like #WE2020's Train the Trainer Voter Education, a Voices of Women for Change conference, the new AdvancED on Purpose Facebook Group, AAPI Women Lead's #ImReady2019 Movement Conference, the Women's Networking Alliance 12th Annual Fall Mixer and Small Business Summit, FormAssembly's webinar on consumer data privacy, and the Birth to Twelfth Grade Water Cooler Conference