Mer's College Access News - November 6

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• Get College Access updates like Common App's new Family Resources and a message from Michelle Obama, UC's webinar series for November, access to the 2019 CSU Counselor Conference presentations, the AICCU member colleges, and information about the UC freshman and transfer applications
• Get Financial Aid & Scholarship updates like UC's financial aid fact of the month and how to get ahead this scholarship season
• Get Career Exploration & Planning updates like Gallup's report indicating a record-high in U.S. women preferring work over homemaking
• Explore Events for Educators and Advisors like a Brave Space conversation with Shay Franco-Clausen for black identifying students, a webinar on supporting English learner student achievement, a webinar on supporting foster youth from high school to community college, a webinar on co-designing early STEM learning resources, a webinar on measuring students' social and emotional learning, and a webinar to review progress of Senate Bill 89 implementation in the bay area
• Check out Resources for Educators and Advisors like an ACT report that demonstrates a decline in college readiness among US high school grads, UC's awareness campaign in support of undocumented students, an update to the definition of "pupil achievement" that schools report in their LCAPs, "Being Bilingual is My Super Power," advancing the conversation with youth around mental health with JED, a new law expanding Medi-Cal access to young adults regardless of immigration status, a civil-rights challenge to testing, and the country's massive teacher shortage