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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
US College Admissions: all pain, no gain?
Voice of America - May 3, 2006
There are more than 2,600 four-year universities in the United States, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But even with that range of choice, large numbers of high school ...
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Wanted: College counselors
USA Today - May 1, 2006
Every year, swamped college admissions officers and sweaty high school seniors swear the college admissions game can't get any more insane. And then it does. ...
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Center Square | Jumping off the college admissions treadmill
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Apr 30, 2006
Today ends the cruelest month for teens with dreams. April is when the last of the slim envelopes embossed with college seals arrive in high-school seniors' mailboxes, spawning squeals of delight or humiliated tears. The college admissions race is a perverse, exploitative frenzy whose poisons seep ever deeper into middle-class childhood ...
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NACAC Publishes Fundamentals of College Admission Counseling ...
AScribe - May 2, 2006
Secondary school counselors spend an average of 39 percent of their work week engaged in college counseling, yet there are few educational resources available to support their need for training, up-to-date data, and guidance that provides a professional perspective regarding college admission ...
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To Be or Not To Be: College Athlete
Teen Ink - May 1, 2006
I only had half an hour between my last class and my first practice with the University of Richmond field hockey team. My adrenaline was pumping as I trekked across campus, burdened with gear. Feeling nervous, I approached the field and put on my shin guards and shoes....
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Exclusive schools vying to become more inclusive
Houston Chronicle, United States - Apr 29, 2006
EXETER, N.H. - Trying to reverse a perception that they're only for the well-to-do, several old-line New England boarding schools are offering more aid and pledging to stop rejecting students for admission because of family income...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Why AP Matters
MSNBC Apr 30, 2006
On the surface, Fanny Frausto looks like any other teenager laughing and jostling in the crowded halls of one of America's urban public high schools. It is only when asked about her schoolwork that Frausto, 18, begins to sound atypical, with a class schedule so outlandish that college-admissions officers, upon viewing her transcript, might wonder if it was real...
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High School Juniors Urged To Visit Colleges
TMCnet - Apr 30, 2006
Nick Schavey teased his mother for being a little pushy about getting him to visit colleges, even though he still has another year of high school to go. That was until the Normal Community West High School junior started making the visits and realized he was part of something bigger.
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Decisions
Colleges Await Commitments from Accepted Students
AACRAO Transcript, DC - May 2, 2006
Although colleges have gotten more sophisticated in predicting how many accepted applicants will actually enroll in the fall, admissions officers across the country anxiously await the week of May 1, the commitment deadline for incoming freshmen at many schools, reports The Los Angeles Times. ...
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College decisions go down to the wire
Buffalo News, United States - Apr 30, 2006
The grueling process of finding the right college is drawing to a close for high school seniors - Monday is their admissions deadline - and colleges have been in hot pursuit of accepted students who haven't committed ...
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Midwest News
School dropout rate isn't as bad as advertised
DetNews.com, MI - May 4, 2006
While high school graduation rates and the academic gender gap still need improvement, the Manhattan Institute's study ("Big gender gap threatens Michigan education revival," April 23) does a disservice by using flawed data to create a seriously inaccurate dropout picture. ...
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Ohio schools get B- in tech use
Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH - May 4, 2006
Ohio gives its public school students access to lots of computers. The only glitch? The state has not used those computers to their maximum potential. That's the finding of a study released today that grades all states on their use of technology in education
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UMM cited in creative college guide
UMM News, Sports & Events, Minnesota - May 3, 2006
A published guide that describes itself as "the ultimate resource for creative college-bound students" has included mention of the University of Minnesota ...
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Indiana University Study Shows Many Freshmen Unprepared for ...
AACRAO Transcript, DC - May 2, 2006
Nearly a quarter of freshmen at Indiana's public colleges and universities are unprepared for college, reports The Indianapolis Star.
Millions of taxpayer dollars are at stake for remedial classes and the futures of thousands of college students, who statistics show are more likely to drop out if they need remedial classes. The study also found that participation in those classes is on the rise...
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SAT/ACT
In Wake of SAT Errors, Senator Seeks New Rules on College Testing
New York Times, United States - May 2, 2006
ALBANY, May 2 - The chairman of the State Senate's higher education committee said on Tuesday that he would push for stricter government oversight of the college admissions testing industry, including a requirement that all questions and answers be disclosed after the exams without charge...
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SAT Scores Are In - What Do They Mean?
knox.VillageSoup.com, ME - May 3, 2006
ROCKPORT (May 3): Students across the nation have been receiving their SAT scores over these past couple weeks. Sounds of elation and joy have been filling the halls of schools and homes of many students, while other students wish they never looked on-line or opened their letters to see their scores. ...
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SAT credibility
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - Apr 27, 2006
Recently it was disclosed that about 5,000 SAT tests taken in October were incorrectly scored. The glitch and the delayed public notification cast doubt on both the credibility of the College Board, which administers the test, and its contractor. There has to be confidence in a test that plays such a huge role in college admissions ...
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Private Counselors
As Plagiarism Allegations Deepen, IvyWise Distances Itself from
Harvard Independent (subscription), MA - May 2, 2006
On Monday evening, the Crimson reported another twist in the Kaavya Viswanathan '08 plagiarism scandal: bloggers at DesiJournal and elsewhere discovered new suspicious similarities, this time to works by Meg Cabot and Salman Rushdie, in Viswanathan's novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. Hours later, the New York Times reported more passages possibly lifted from yet another author, Sophie Kinsella. ...
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Financial Aid
College aid qualifications to get stiffer
Seattle Post Intelligencer - May 2, 2006
By BEN FELLER. WASHINGTON -- In a rare venture into curriculum, the Bush administration on Tuesday declared which high school programs ...
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MySpace et al
Can Schools Punish Students for Posting Offensive Content on ...
FindLaw, CA - May 1, 2006
The past few years have seen the growth of popular social networking websites for students: Three prominent examples are MySpace.com, Facebook.com, and Xanga.com. And within and outside such sites, student blogging, too, is wildly popular: About four million teens - 19% of 12- to 17-year olds who use the Internet ...
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