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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.
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College Admissions - Larger Picture
Panel Explores Standard Tests for Colleges
New York Times, United States - Feb 9, 2006
A higher education commission named by the Bush administration is examining whether standardized testing should be expanded into universities and colleges to ...
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Tuition becomes national concern
Polytechic Online, NY - Feb 9, 2006
... But I am going to put some pressure on Congress to answer for a deficiency in support of America's future scientists and engineers my peers. In a world transformed by global markets and emerging competition from countries like China and India, we must not become complacent in our ability to innovate. ...
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More high-schoolers take Advanced Placement tests
DetNews.com, MI - Feb 8, 2006
American high school seniors took more than 1.5 million Advanced Placement exams last year, closing the gap with the SAT test and dramatizing the rising influence of AP on school curriculums, college admissions and assessment of schools and state education programs.
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Students debate importance of sexuality in admissions
The Dartmouth, NH - Feb 7, 2006
Dartmouth and Hanover High students gathered in the Cutter-Shabazz lounge Monday night to debate whether prospective Dartmouth students should have the opportunity to check a box specifying sexual orientation on admissions applications ...
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Experts: Familes should be able to afford college
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Feb 8, 2006
Families should be able to afford college, high school curriculum should be strengthened, and the government should give more money to educational institutions.
Those were among the recommendations education administrators and experts shared at a Seattle hearing held Tuesday by a U.S. secretary of education commission that is asking for opinions about how to improve American higher education
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Make a plan now to choose the right college-prep classes
San Mateo County Times, CA - Feb 5, 2006
Q: My freshman daughter has just breezed through what I think is a very easy schedule this year. Next week, she is meeting with her counselor to choose classes for her sophomore year. How can I make sure that she is on track to getting into college? ...
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College recruiting methods get clearer
The News Journal, DE - Feb 8, 2006
MIDDLETOWN -- College recruiting can be an overwhelming and exhausting process, demanding time and energy from parents, coaches and student-athletes ...
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Sophomore year proves challenging
Standard-Speaker, PA - Feb 6, 2006
Social studies teacher Leirdre Galloway won't accept late assignments, strictly enforces classroom rules and demands that her students think for themselves. "I'm going to teach you how to fish," she likes to tell them. "I'm not going to give you fish." ...
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Games & Tools
Getting an assist in the college game
North Adams Transcript, MA - Feb 7, 2006
WILLIAMSTOWN After observing inequalities between public- and private-schooled children in terms of college preparedness, a Williams College associate director of admissions decided to do something to level the playing field. In 1999, Gina Coleman designed "Coleman's Quest for College," a board game that she developed as a tool to teach students
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Tour a college from your home
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Feb 7, 2006
Higher-education hopefuls have another way to tour colleges -- whenever and wherever they have access to a DVD player.
They can turn to ``The U,'' a series of five DVDs, each covering a region of American colleges and universities in 11-minute video tours.
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SAT and ACT
College Board comtemplating change to SAT
Silver Chips Online, MD - Feb 7, 2006
College Board is considering a split-up of the SAT that would allow students to take only one of the three sections — Critical Reading, Math and Writing at a time. This proposed change will be reviewed at the May meeting of the College Board SAT committee and would allow students to improve their scores by retaking chosen sections in one sitting...
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SAT measures money, not minds
Red and Black, GA - Feb 7, 2006
You might have seen the headlines a couple of weeks ago: "Have A College Degree But Can't Calculate A Tip? You're Not Alone,"said MTV's Web site.
What prompted this report? The latest National Survey of America's College Students (NSACS). According to the survey, 20 to 30 percent of college students possess only basic quantitative literacy skills
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Many colleges ignore new SAT writing test
Kansas City Star, MO - Feb 5, 2006
The prospect of churning out a coherent essay in the midst of the pressure-filled SAT test has been making high school students around the country quake.
But now that the first results of the new SAT writing test are in, many colleges are ignoring them.
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Technology Test
New Test Measures Teen Tech Literacy
PC Magazine - Feb 7, 2006
In addition to the SATs, ACTs, and Advanced Placement exams, a non-profit organization is testing how students will cope with the technology demands of college. The test doesn't measure how kids will weather the challenges of downloading music, or whether they'll be able to chat with their friends online...
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The tech-literacy twist
Tucson Citizen, AZ - Feb 6, 2006
They're bombarded with it every day, but can students put computer data to good use? A test that some high school students will ...
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Northeast News
Tuition aid plan draws criticism from colleges
Albany Times Union, NY - Feb 7, 2006
A proposal to withhold state financial aid from students who haven't finished high school, even if they've gone on to earn GEDs, would hurt poor students, college officials said. ...
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Schools trail in AP classes
Concord Monitor, NH - Feb 8, 2006
New Hampshire is trailing when it comes to the number of students taking Advanced Placement exams in high school and how well they score, according to a report released yesterday...
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Board Approves College Tuition Hike
Boston Channel.com, USA - Feb 8, 2006
The university's board of trustees is expected to approve a 3.4 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and fees at the five UMass campuses at a meeting next ...
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Democratic senator offers alternative to Douglas' scholarships
Boston Globe, United States - Feb 8, 2006
MONTPELIER, Vt. -A top Democratic state senator offered an alternative Wednesday to the governor's much-publicized college scholarship program, suggesting a much more modest loan repayment proposal, which the governor rejected as nothing more than "mouse meat." ...
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Early college program a success
Bangor Daily News, ME - Feb 7, 2006
BANGOR High school juniors and seniors who took a class at Eastern Maine Community College as part of an "early college" experience last semester received good grades and became excited about higher education. ...
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Scholarships & Tuition Issues
Scholarship Learning Company Founder Jason Lum Shows How to Apply ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - Feb 8, 2006
Despite these challenges, long-term planning in high school and college can make getting into elite programs much easier. And scholarships and grants can go a long way toward lowering the cost of college. Yet few parents and students know where to begin.
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Should your cash go to college with your kid
Charlotte Observer, NC - Feb 5, 2006
Should you pay for your child's college education?
It's a question many parents don't ask. They're more likely to wonder if they have a choice.
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