The Round-Up from the American University School of Education's Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success

April 9, 2026

In the News

When College Decisions Arrive, Parents Set The Emotional Tone

Forbes

College Decision Day is Just Around the Corner. Warren Buffett: 'I Never Look at Where a Candidate has gone to School. Never!'

MSN

Understanding the Implementation of Universal FAFSA Completion Policies

EdTrust

A Vexing Problem for College Students: Course Availability

The New York Times

If U.S. Colleges Are Dying, Why Are Students Applying?

The New York Times

Despite Headwinds, Common App Reports an Increase in College Applicants

Forbes

The United States at 250: How the Country Has Changed in the Past 50 Years

Pew Research Center

Powering the Future: How HBCUs Are Defining the AI Era

The EDULedger

Research You Can Use

College vs. Career School Counseling: How Role Differentiation Shapes Student Postsecondary Expectations and Outcomes

Journal of College Access

College Readiness Reflexivity Amid Racialized and Changing Sociopolitical Contexts

Urban Education

Watch on Demand

Free Webinars for Parents & Families: Planning & Paying for College

College Board

Listen & Learn: Conversations that Matter

Disappearing White Student

College Matters from The Chronicle

The Education Exchange: Community Colleges are Bearing the Brunt of Postsecondary Enrollment Declines

Education Next

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