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This weekly email searches main media outlets finding stories that may be of interest to high school counselors, college admission officers and related organizations, with links to the original stories. It is published by de facto, inc., publishers of other e-newsletters.
HS Counselor Week Note
We will be starting the other two regional editions of HS Counselor Week in the next few months, We have started starting the Midwest today, and then following with the other two. For those of you who signed up for one of these future editions, and are wondering why you are getting the Northeast Edition, we apologize. We feel that since 75% of the newsletter is relevant to all, you would benefit by reading this one until your specific region is published.
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College Admissions - Larger Picture
College applications take off
USA Today - Feb 13, 2006
Every college admissions cycle has its own set of dynamics, and this year is no exception. Many selective private colleges are reporting a boom in applications and, as a result, expect to admit a lower proportion of high school seniors than last year ...
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Bush's budget will ax college prep program
Monitor, TX - Feb 15, 2006
EDINBURG A nationwide program encouraging middle and high school students to go to college has been targeted for elimination in President Bush's version ...
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College Loan Crunch
Forbes - Feb 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the 2006 budget-cutting "reconciliation" bill President George W. Bush signed this month, the best known student loan programs for middle-class families--Stafford loans for students and so-called PLUS loans for parents--took a big hit...
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The campus crusade for guys
Salon - Feb 14, 2006
... And when asked if, given their much-maligned status in schools these days, boys ought to be given a leg up in college admissions, his answer is blunt: "I'd be horrified if some lunkhead boy got accepted to a school instead of my very talented and prepared daughter," he says, "just because he happened to be a guy."
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Pomp, circumstances determine college choices
USA Today - Feb 14, 2006
... Who wouldn't want to go to college with a personal posse? To hedge their bets, my friends have spent a small fortune on admission consultants and writing ...
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Northeast News
UMass to cut next classes of freshmen
The Republican, MA - Feb 14, 2006
AMHERST - Applications to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are up 17 percent, just as campus officials have decided to downsize the freshman class ...
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UMass trustees raise student costs
Boston Globe, United States - Feb 15, 2006
DARTMOUTH, Mass. --University of Massachusetts trustees voted Wednesday to raise student costs for the fifth consecutive year. In ...
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Assembly democrats reject CUNY and SUNY tuition hikes
Baruch College The Ticker, NY - Feb 14, 2006
ALBANY, Sensing that Governor George Pataki's proposed tuition hikes would harm New York's economic standing in the global economy, Assembly Democrats unveiled a proposal on Wednesday that would add $320 million to public colleges and universities around the state,...
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Vermont College offers full scholarships
Bolton Common, MA - Feb 10, 2006
Sterling College in Vermont is currently accepting applications for the Environmental Steward Scholarships. Each fall two students will be awarded the scholarship to cover tuition expenses for four years of study. The scholarship criteria are based on the type and amount of environmental service and volunteer work completed and the level of commitment dedicated to these activities by the applicant....
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SAT and ACT
This way to success
Corning Leader, NY - Feb 14, 2006
There's just one thing that can strike more dread in the hearts of high school students than the SAT.
The New SAT. Want to hear something even scarier? It's here...
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High School
Parents, Students Fine With Math, Science
Washington Post, United States - Feb 15, 2006
By BEN FELLER. WASHINGTON -- Science and math have zoomed to the top of the nation's education agenda. Yet Amanda Cook, a parent ...
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Too Many Students Stuck In Study Halls
Hartford Courant, United States - Feb 12, 2006
ELLINGTON -- Study hall has become something of an epidemic at Ellington High School. More than 60 percent of the school's seniors, and nearly a fifth of all students, have three study halls a day. The vast majority of students have at least two. As a result, students spend a large chunk of many school days chatting or doing homework in the cafeteria, library or classrooms...
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Admissions Web Tools
Schools use Facebook for admissions, disciplinary action
Stanford Daily, CA - Feb 14, 2006
How much do you think about what you post on Facebook.com? If the answer is not very much, maybe you should. According to recent studies, it may be time to seriously consider how much personal information to reveal on the popular online network, which is now used by 85 percent of students at participating colleges...
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Saving for College
Families get break on college costs
DetNews.com, MI - Feb 16, 2006
New law clarifies that funds transferred to 529 plan are not counted as a student asset. President Bush signs the Deficit Reduction Act. ...
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Saving for college
nwitimes.com, IN - Feb 15, 2006
According to CNN/Money, these are the top 10 things to know when it comes to planning how much will you need for you children's college education. ...
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School Violence & Bullies
Student essays are checked for signs of trouble
Salem Statesman Journal, OR - Feb 16, 2006
WASHINGTON -- When test graders across the nation pore over student essays in the spring, they'll be looking for more than just writing clarity or good grammar. They'll be keeping an eye out for signs of child abuse, depression and threats of violence.
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Helping a Bullied Child
Washington Post, United States - Feb 14, 2006
One day in May 2004, a student at Short Pump Elementary School in Henrico County, Va., walked up to fourth-grader David Henck in the cafeteria and said, "It would be a holy day if you were shot dead by a sniper." ...
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Counselors
Counselors make a difference
Bethany Beach Wave, DE - Feb 15, 2006
Last week, Long Neck Elementary School counselor Lisa Hunt gave the morning announcements but was hesitant to tell her students that Feb. 6 through 10 was National School Counselors week...
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