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About HS CounselorWeek - weekly email
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
Moving Ahead on Admissions Reforms
Inside Higher Ed, DC - Jun 20, 2006
Lloyd Thacker founded the Education Conservancy two years ago out of the belief that the admissions system is out of control and that obsessions over rankings, money, prestige and testing are hurting students ...
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Making college affordable
Boston Globe, United States - Jun 21, 2006
FINANCIAL AID packages are too small to cover all the costs of college. Parents already know this. But last week the state's Board ...
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News, Views and Careers for All of Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed, DC - Jun 22, 2006
Quick Takes: What the Press Covers, Hawaii Drops Patents on Taro, Student Distress Over U.S. Direction, College Costs, Hazing Scandal Fells Coach, Getting Students to Vote, Promoting Student Responsibility, Texas Cuts, Big Ten TV..
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College Admissions - Affirmative Action
New Arguments on Affirmative Action
Inside Higher Ed, DC - Jun 21, 2006
While courts continue to hear arguments about affirmative action and Michigan voters prepare to decide the issue in their state, another round of intellectual debate is brewing in law reviews. Two articles one just published and one forthcoming challenge some conventional wisdom about affirmative action in higher education ...
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Navigating the System of Class Privilege in Higher Education
Toward Freedom, VT - Jun 21, 2006
In the United States, access to a college education is still a privilege not available to everyone. As the tuition rates continue to climb through the roof and competition for financial aid increases, more and more people are shut out of this system. What about those who do make it in?...
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Summer
Students do good, look good abroad
Boston Globe, United States - Jun 22, 2006
...Over the past decade, community service trips to Third World countries have become a popular summer option for public-spirited students, especially those from affluent families. Some college admissions officers and advisers believe the recent proliferation of such programs, for which students typically spend $4,000 or more for a month of volunteer work, stems from students' perception that community service looks good on college applications...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Making sense of college admissions
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jun 16, 2006
As one college admissions cycle winds down and another begins, signs of trouble abound. The University of Washington has accepted too many students. Students have begun to send acceptance deposits to two or more colleges
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10 Mistakes Freshmen Make
Newswise (press release) - Jun 20, 2006
Newswise Every year, many college freshmen fall victim to poor study habits, an overabundance of socializing or other poor choices that derail their higher ...
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Selecting a College
Newswise (press release) - Jun 20, 2006
Newswise College is an investment. As with any sizeable commitment of funds, it pays off in the long run to do some homework ...
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Western
'Destination College' offers peek
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jun 22, 2006
A college education is now on the radar of about 150 students from two Chandler elementary schools who participated in a three-week pilot program at Chandler ...
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Better numbers will yield better results - Thursday, June 22, 2006
The Missoulian, MT - 7Jun 22, 2006
If we want Montana schools to do a better job of educating, graduating and preparing students for the real world, it might not hurt to have a clear sense of what constitutes "better" For that, we need the most accurate picture possible of the job schools are doing now....
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Funding News
iCollegeCoach Publishes Report on College Funding
PR Web (press release), WA - Jun 19, 2006
A new report, "Top 10 Myths of College Funding," is available free to parents who are wrestling with the college costs problem. The report was published by iCollegeCoach, a college admission and college funding service, and is intended to give an introduction to how college financial aid really works ...
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Online Degrees
More students pursue degrees online
DetNews.com, MI - Jun 22, 2006
Angela Bostic will get her MBA in August from the University of Maryland University College, part of a dual master's degree she is pursuing. She has never met a professor, has never sat in a classroom and has checked out the Adelphi campus only once, long after she had enrolled.
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