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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.
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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Midwest News
Taft plugs tougher graduation standards
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Feb 16, 2006
BLUE ASH - Gov. Bob Taft is working to sell the public on his plan for tougher high school graduation standards. Taft was at the University of Cincinnati's Raymond Walters College on Thursday for an Education Roundtable to build support and gather comments for his Ohio Core initiative
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Hiram College to freeze tuition, fees, board
Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Feb 16, 2006
Hiram College is freezing tuition, fees and board for the next year to lure more students. The new policy is on top of a tuition guarantee -- the only one of its kind in the state of Ohio...
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College students lobby Legislature seeking money
Radio Iowa, IA - Feb 15, 2006
About a hundred students from Iowa, Iowa State and U-N-I are at the statehouse today (Wednesday) asking lawmakers to send at least 40-million more to their schools. Rachel Geilenfeld, an Iowa State University junior from Clear Lake, says she came to speak for the 70-thousand students who attend the three state-supported universities...
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College admission going digital
MSU State News, MI - Feb 13, 2006
The average number of online applications for MSU admission including freshmen, graduate and transfer students is up almost 8 percent since last year, which is consistent with a national trend in college admissions, officials say....
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College scholarships/tuition reductions available
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, MN - Feb 15, 2006
Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship
To foster and support education in the community, Zeta Nu Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. has established a scholarship to be awarded to a youth of color in the Twin Cities area...
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Science requirement increased in IU admission plan
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Feb 14, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - An Indiana University faculty panel has changed a proposal for tougher admissions standards at the school's main campus to increase the number of required high school science classes.
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Under Pressure from Justice Dept., Southern Illinois University ...
Civilrights.org, DC - Feb 15, 2006
Facing the threat of a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern Illinois University (SIU) agreed on February 8 to change three fellowship programs whose recipients have been mainly underrepresented minorities or women....
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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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