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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
A Fair Path to College
Washington Post, DC - May 9, 2007
Last fall Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia eliminated their early admissions programs. But all concerned with increasing low-income applicants' chances of being admitted to and succeeding in college must recognize that early admission is a small part of the picture ...
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Colleges take aim at high tuition costs
Spokane Review, WA - - May 6, 2007
As college tuition continues to outpace inflation year after year, many schools are experimenting with ways to help more students afford the potentially crippling costs ...
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Tearing Down the Gates'
Inside Higer Ed, DC - May 9, 2007
In a mix of individual students' stories and demographic analysis, a new book by Peter Sacks offers a critical analysis of the role of colleges in the class structure of the United States. Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education is being published this month ...
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College Admissions Space Available Survey
National Association for College Admission Counseling Survey ...
AScribe (press release) - - May 8, 2007
Despite headlines about the growing competitiveness among the nation's colleges and universities, more than 292 colleges and universities still have space available for qualified students in their Fall 2007 freshman and/or transfer classes, according to the results of the National Association for College Admission Counseling's annual "Space Availability Survey...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
College advice important for students
NorthJersey.com, NJ- - May 5, 2007
Although the discussion about college admissions dominates much of the public consciousness, it's also true that some students struggle for access to ...
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'Gap Year' could make transition period easier
Contra Costa Times, CA - - May 9, 2007
FOR MILLIONS OF high-school seniors, the long-awaited, angst-inducing Big Decision has been made -- which college to attend this fall. The luckiest received from their first choice the coveted "thick envelope" -- an invitation to join the Class of 2011. Thus, the fateful decision was in effect made for them
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College Admissions Early Start
College Applications - Time to Think Ahead to Fall 2008
Signal, CA - - May 4, 2007
OK high school juniors, while you're daydreaming about proms and cars and all the sun and fun you're going to have this summer season, don't forget that other season - application season. That's right, if you are considering attending college, especially a four-year university, in the fall of 2008, it's time to lock and load
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Getting a head start on college
Chicago Tribune, IL - - May 9, 2007
In many ways, Jequetta Williams is a typical 9th grader.
Some days she thinks it would be nice to start a clothing line or own a hair and nail salon. Other days she wants to become a professional singer and dreams of winning a spot on "American Idol." Most of the time, however, Williams has no idea what she wants to be when she grows up
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College Admissions Choosing and Rejection
For some college hopefuls, wait goes on and on and on ...
Los Angeles Times,, CA - - May 10, 2007
For most students, the drawn-out drama of college admissions decisions was finished last week. Choices were made, deposits mailed in, successes savored and wounds licked. Time to think about roommates and classes. But not for everyone...
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West
'Huge' drop in graduations
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - - May 8, 2007
Graduation rates in school districts across California fell significantly in 2006 -- the same year the state introduced the exit exam as a graduation requirement, a UCLA researcher is reporting.....
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Governor puts spotlight on career technical education
Sign on San Diego, CA - - May 9, 2007
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting a lot of bang for the buck as he leads a drive to reverse California's dramatic decline in job-training courses in high school....
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Statewide Movement for College Prep Classes
New California Media, CA - - May 9, 2007
No one ever figured that the desire for college prep classes at California high schools would evolve into a statewide movement. "What I think is exciting is that what has been happening at the local level is now starting to get to the state level," says Menachem Krajcer, senior researcher at the Applied Research Center (ARC)...
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Decade Of Race-Blind Admissions At Cal
CBS News, NY - - May 6, 2007
A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997. That's when he was the lone black student enrolled in the incoming law school class at the University of California, Berkeley, following the end of affirmative action admissions...
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Governor vetoes bill for scholarships for early grads
KVOA.com, AZ - - - May 8, 2007
PHOENIX -- Forget about getting a scholarship for graduating early from high school. Gov. Janet Napolitano on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by the Legislature to have required school districts and charter schools to provide early high school graduates with a two-year scholarship for college or university...
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Rankings
The College Rankings Revolt Heats Up
BusinessWeek - - May 7, 2007
A dozen college presidents are setting the stage for what they hope will become a wide-scale rebellion against the annual college rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report. In a letter dated May 5, the presidents are urging their colleagues at an estimated 1,000 liberal-arts schools to refuse to participate in a portion of the survey ...
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Colleges Boycott--And Tout--US News Rankings
U.S. News & World Report, DC - - May 7, 2007
The presidents of 12 liberal arts colleges have signed a letter critical of the U.S.News & World Report rankings, saying that those numbers are "misleading and do not serve well the interest of prospective students in finding a college or university that is well suited to their education beyond high school." ...
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Battle Lines on `US News'
Inside Higher Ed, DC - - May 7, 2007
After years of complaints and months of talk about challenging the role of U.S. News & World Report in ranking colleges, 12 college presidents have come forward with a call to arms. In a letter being sent to hundreds of liberal arts college presidents, the 12 call for their colleagues to stop filling out the survey of institutional reputations ...
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Hidden in Plain View
Inside Higher Ed, DC - - May 10, 2007
A lot of ink has been spilled over the years about ?America?s Best Colleges,? the annual rankings published by U.S. News & World Report. We read periodic complaints that the rankings improperly rely on inputs, resources, and a reputation survey of questionable validity. The rankings are in the news again...
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SATs, ACTs, & AP Tests
College Board audits rapidly growing advanced placement tests
Newsday, NY- - May 7, 2007
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The College Board is demanding more details of advanced placement courses as the number of the high school classes soars.
The rapid growth of AP courses has led some college admissions officials to be skeptical of course curriculum, said Tom Matts, director of curriculum and assessment for advanced placement at the College Board...
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Another Advance for SAT-Optional Movement
Inside Higher Ed, DC - - May 9, 2007
One day last year, Kristin Tichenor came across an article from a local paper about a high school student who had won all the science honors in her school and was going to enroll at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where Tichenor is associate vice president for enrollment management...
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'Gap Year' could make transition period easier
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - - May 5, 2007
Starting this week, thousands of high school students here and across the country will sit for Advanced Placement tests, many hoping their $83 investment per test will give them college credits on the cheap...
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Student Athletes
Rah, rah, rah . . . Blah, blah, blah
Nashua Telegraph (subscription), NH - - May 9, 2007
It has ruthless, back-stabbing coaches. It has athletes and their parents who aren't above lies and deception to better their chances of landing at the best school. It has unscrupulous financial aid packages and deceitful academic admittance schemes
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For athletes, finding a college is harder than it looks
TCPalm, FL - - May 10, 2007
South Fork junior Joe Buschini has done his research about colleges that would be a good fit for him in both soccer and academics, but he might be an exception among high school student-athletes preparing for that next step...
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Student Loans
House Votes To Clean Up College Lending
CBS News, NY - - May 9, 2007
With the student loan industry coming under harsh criticism, the House on Wednesday easily approved a bill aimed at curbing conflicts of interest and corrupt practices in college lending.
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`Top Chef' Dreams Crushed by Student Loan Debt
New York Times, NY - - May 8, 2007
Rick Park started working at a Jack in the Box in Austin, Tex., when he was 18. He moved on to sub shops, pizza parlors and chain restaurants, turning out hundreds of meals during a shift...
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Early Start
Choose/Reject
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Rankings
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