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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
Whites eligible for minority fellowships
United Press International - Mar 14, 2006
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. colleges and universities, concerned about lawsuits, are making white students eligible for fellowships and scholarships meant for minorities and women.
"They're all trying to minimize their legal exposure," Susan Sturm, a law professor at Columbia University, told The New York Times. She, however, wondered whether the new policy would shut down efforts to diversify the student body...
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Minority Scholarships Now Including White Students
All Headline News - Mar 15, 2006
Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter (AHN) - Southern Illinois University is among a number of universities and colleges that are opening fellowships, scholarships and other programs intended for minorities to white students. Universities began to worry about litigation following a 2003 Supreme Court decision in which using race in admissions to higher education was left unclear...
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College Guides
Book Touts 'Colleges that Change Lives'
Morning Edition NPR - Mar 16, 2006
(audio) Elaine Korry - For thousands of nervous parents, a popular college guide listing little-known, but highly-regarded, campuses has attracted a cult following. The Evergreen State College outside Olympia, Wash., is one of the schools listed in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student....
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SAT Scoring Errors
College Admissions Scramble After SAT Goof
Washington Post, United States - Mar 9, 2006
College admissions offices scrambled Wednesday to reconsider applications after learning they had received incorrect SAT scores for about 4,000 students who took the exam last October. Some in the field criticized the College Board, owner of the exam, for failing to disclose the problem until so late in the admissions season
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Some SAT Scores Mistakenly Raised
Washington Post, United States - Mar 9, 2006
A top official with the College Board acknowledged yesterday that a processing error that left 4,000 students with lower SAT scores also left "a small" but undetermined number of students with higher scores than they had earned...
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SAT's & ACT's
SATs lose favour at US colleges
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - Mar 12, 2006
For the last five years, Hamilton College in upstate New York has been one of a growing number of colleges not to require the SAT exam. ...
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Admission Resume Padding
Student resume padding result of college selection process
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Mar 16, 2006
Anna Aleksandrova can't recall all the hours she has spent volunteering during the past four years. She tutors students, judges middle-school science fairs and has spent her summers volunteering at the Orlando Science Center. As president of two service organizations, she sings Christmas carols at a retirement...
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Midwest News
Connecting students to college early
The Courier-Journal, IN - Mar 15, 2006
More school corporations should investigate allowing their high school students take college-level courses for credit...
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Migrants' college admissions debated
Kansas City Star, MO - Mar 15, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY Undocumented immigrants would not be allowed to attend state colleges and universities in Missouri under a bill being proposed by a Kansas City area lawmaker...
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College Admission Trends - Parents
Education: You're In And So Are Mom and Dad
Newsweek - Mar 11, 2006
March 20, 2006 issue "Why should we send our child to Duke instead of our perfectly good public university?" It's a legit question Duke costs about $44,000 annually but not one a particular parent's asking. Duke poses it in a new Q&A on the school's admissions Web site for parents ...
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College Costs Issues
The Rising Cost Of College, Part 4
WNBC, NY - Mar 16, 2006
Consumers look for value in many purchases, whether it's buying a car, home, appliances or electronic equipment. But when it comes to applying to a college, many families seem to focus on name and location.. ...
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Demystifying the college aid maze
Ridgecrest Daily Independent, CA - Mar 15, 2006
Having three children who will most likely be in college at the same thing, paying for the education is both daunting as well as confusing. But the more I learn about the resources available, the more I'm realizing I just may make it without going broke ...
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Students get lesson on paying for college
TMCnet - Mar 10, 2006
Mar. 10--When two East High School students won $250 scholarships for the college of their choice Wednesday Sallie Mae representative Orlando Espinosa told them, "This is based on luck. Scholarships are based on hard work and determination."
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The college aid maze: Worth the effort
Naples Sun Times, FL - Mar 14, 2006
If one or more of your children is heading to college soon, you may be wondering how to pay for all the costs. For many families, a financial aid package can help. While aid - including grants, scholarships, loans, or work-study placements - is primarily based on need, even those able to afford the costs may be able to get some help...
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