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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
Not ready for college
USA Today - Mar 2, 2006
Some blame poorly trained teachers; others criticize students for taking easy courses. Usually, the complaints involve math and science.
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Pell grants -- less money for the needy
Bankrate.com - Feb 28, 2006
Educators and financial aid administrators have expressed two concerns about the new law's effect on the Pell grant program. First, despite the fact that Pell is designed to help financially strapped families, grant amounts haven't been increased to keep pace with college costs...
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Are you paying too much for college?
Baruch College The Ticker, NY - Feb 27, 2006
How much are you paying for college? According to research conducted by the American Council on Education, many students may be overpaying for college tuition. According to the ACE, possibly 1.5 million eligible applicants for Pell Grants did not apply in the 2003-2004 school year ...
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Editorial: Colleges must stop valuing APs so highly
The UCLA Daily Bruin, CA - Mar 1, 2006
Advanced Placement courses and exams are crucial for students hoping for admission to top universities. But they haven't always been – and they shouldn't be now.. ...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
What juniors need to know
Fauquier Times-Democrat, VA - Mar 1, 2006
I am a junior in high school. I don't visit my guidance counselor much, so I'm not sure what I should be doing to prepare for the college application process. Besides studying hard and trying for an athletic scholarship, what steps can I take to get ready for the future?
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Here's how to simplify application process
Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - Feb 28, 2006
By FAN ZHOU. Fan Zhou is in the process of applying to and choosing a college. He applied to 10 schools, nine of which are ranked in the nation's top 50. ...
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Reading Key to College Success
Barely half of students are ready for college reading
U.S. News & World Report - Mar 1, 2006
Student readiness for college-level reading is at its lowest levels in more than a decade, according to results of the 2005 ACT college entrance exam, which will be officially released today at a Capitol Hill news briefing...
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Study: Reading Key to College Success
Washington Post, United States - Mar 1, 2006
By BEN FELLER. WASHINGTON -- The ability to handle complex reading is the major factor separating high school students who are ready for college reading from those who are not, according to a new report. The study by ACT, a nonprofit company that tests students, found that most states contribute to the lack of college preparedness by not requiring complex reading comprehension in high school....
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Report: Keep focus on reading skills
USA Today - Mar 1, 2006
By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY. President Bush is calling for more rigor in high school science and math courses. But a new report also urges high schools and states to not neglect reading skills. ...
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College Marketing Technology
Colleges going cyber: Tech transforms recruiting
USA Today - Mar 2, 2006
The day after the Super Bowl, the undergraduate admissions office at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland e-mailed 108 high school seniors in the Pittsburgh area to congratulate them on the Steelers' victory.
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Videos allow college tours from comfort of your home
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Mar 2, 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 ...
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Counselor Tools
Naviance Offers All-Electronic School Forms
Press Release - Mar 1, 2006, 2006
Naviance and the Common Application are pleased to announce their expanded relationship making Counselor's Office the first and only place on the Web where counselors can submit transcripts and school profiles electronically to Common Application member colleges and universities. Beginning in fall 2006...
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Private Counselors
Paid Consultants Replacing HS Counselors
Houston Chronicle, United States - Mar 1, 2006
WASHINGTON As high school seniors across the country wait anxiously for the responses to their college applications, some can take comfort in knowing they sent out the best money can buy.
Their parents paid hundreds _ sometimes thousands _ of dollars ...
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Paid College Consultants Help Kids Get in
Civilrights.org, DC - Mar 1, 2006
Parents are spending money on consultants because they promise more individualized attention than high school counselors and often tout their connections with colleges. "We give parents an insider's view," said Jane Shropshire, a private consultant based in Louisville, who has admissions experience at three different colleges ...
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Online Colleges
Online colleges can expand after cap cut
United Press International - Mar 1, 2006
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- For-profit colleges, ripe with campaign contributions and congressional connections, have successfully lobbied to expand Internet-based classes.
A 1992 cap requiring higher education institutions conduct at least 50 percent of classes in a classroom to be eligible for financial aid, came after an inquiry found for-profit colleges were lax on education
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Online Colleges Receive a Boost From Congress
The Ledger, FL - Mar 1, 2006
It took just a few paragraphs in a budget bill for Congress to open a new frontier in education: Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus instead of online to qualify for federal student aid...
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College Cost Issues
College Aid Stratagems
Forbes -(free registration required) Feb 27, 2006
Private schools are counting inflated home costs when assessing how much to give your kid. Here’s how to deal with this and other traps. ...
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What, me worry about college costs?
USA Today - Mar 1, 2006
Whew. College applications are in and hopefuls can refocus. This is the season when anticipation grows as parents and their sons and daughters await admissions and financial aid decisions on April 1, a date full of ambiguity, particularly about the mysterious process of paying for college ...
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Midwest News
Dropping out of high school is not an option
Palladium-Item, IN - Feb 28, 2006
As business and higher education leaders, we know that for individuals to show up on our doorsteps, be it college or the workplace, dropping out of high school ...
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Amtrak's college connections emphasized
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Mar 1, 2006
SPRINGFIELD –Universities, mayors and the rail industry are teaming up to ask the state for money to add trains between Chicago and Illinois college towns like Champaign-Urbana, Quincy, Bloomington and Carbondale...
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Professional chef training is offered locally
Indianapolis Star, United States - Mar 1, 2006
Ivy Tech Community College's program starts with basic cooking and baking and progresses through soups and sauces, meat, fish, pastries and specialty cuisines. Sanitation, nutrition and purchasing classes also are included, as well as general studies because students receive associate's degrees as well as their culinary certificates ...
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MySpace.com etc.
A MySpace Cheat Sheet for Parents
Wired News - Feb 26, 2006
MySpace can be unfamiliar ground to busy parents, and not everything is as it seems on the site. So Wired News addresses some of ...
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MySpace Prompts School To Warn Parents
WebProNews, KY - Feb 27, 2006
A Midwestern private school has sent home warnings about students placing personal information on the popular networking site MySpace.com. ...
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Parents
Keeping the SAT Drama to a Minimum
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Feb 23, 2006
As if getting myself into college hadn't been difficult enough, now I'm embarking on the adventure of navigating my son through the process. I call it an "adventure," because it truly is nothing less a roller coaster ride fraught with sudden turns, unexpected pitfalls, one-mistake-and-you're-doomed scenarios. I'm sure there's a spine-tingling reality show possibility here ...
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