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College Admissions - Larger Picture
College-bound to catch demographic break
Albany Times Union, NY - Jan 17, 2008
You've been hearing it a lot in recent years: "record number of applications." The phrase makes college officials beam and high school seniors cringe. Demographic destiny may soon scramble the landscape...
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Congress must fund college
NKU The Northerner Online, KY - Jan 16, 2008
The price to attend college is higher today than ever before. In the past decade, tuition has risen by at least 5 percent a year -- a rate almost twice that of inflation. A recent decision by Harvard University helps put this into perspective....
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A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
New York Times, NY - Jan 16, 2008
Legacy preferences in college admissions — the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni — are indefensible, of course. President Bush, who should know, has called for their abolition. John Edwards has written that they are “something out of an aristocracy, not our democracy.”...
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Applications to Colleges Are Breaking Records
New York Times, NY - Jan 17, 2008
Applications to selective colleges and universities are reaching new heights this year, promising another season of high rejection rates and dashed hopes for many more students...
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College applications: Avoiding the gender bias
MSNBC - Jan 16, 2008
Wednesday night on Nightly News, NBC News correspondent Savannah Guthrie looks into whether it's more difficult to get admitted to college if you're female than if you're male. The following are instructions for college applicants that Guthrie compiled....
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Financial Aid - Harvard Decision
Ivies Are Changing The Mix
Hartford Courant, CT - Jan 16, 2008
Carl Horton Jr. has only one request of the Ivy League schools now touting significantly expanded financial aid packages as a way to attract more middle-class families: "Can you make it retroactive? Because I'm still paying you guys...
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Big boost to college aid unlikely despite moves by Yale and Harvard
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Jan 16, 2008
Now that Harvard, Yale, and a handful of other top-ranked schools have made moves to make their undergraduate programs more affordable, will the rest of American colleges follow suit? Not likely. Tuition is expected to keep rising faster than inflation, experts say...
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Editorial: Redefining financial aid
Stanford Daily, CA - Jan 15, 2008
On the heels of Harvard’s discontinuation of its early action policy in 2006, Princeton and the University of Virginia quickly followed suit, echoing Harvard’s assertion that early admissions caters to and rewards upper-income students who often have assertive parents and well-connected school counselors...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Applying for college: Be authentic, not bizarre
Boston Globe, MA - Jan 15, 2008
Application deadlines for most colleges arrive this month and next. Students vying for a spot at a particular college may try to dream up inventive ways to stand out from the pack, but college admissions counselors and high school counselors advise proceeding with caution....
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College Process Takes Its Toll
Jamestown Post Journal, NY - Jan 15, 2008
What college should I go to? How can I afford it? Should I take the SAT? Many seniors are now entering possibly the most stressful time of the year, as the paperwork piles up as college searches either begin or are starting to wind down. Most guidance counselors at area high schools are also busy assisting students filing their FAFSA forms, preparing scholarships and sending out college applications...
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Getting into college ... it's never been harder
Towanda Daily Review, PA - Jan 14, 2008
"It's a matter of supply and demand," said Tony Pals, spokesman for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. "Institutions that in the past may have been safety schools may now be moving up to students' first-tier selections. That's because of increased competition."...
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Background Checks
Colleges give disciplinary action a closer look
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition, VA - Jan 15, 2008
Every year, students applying to college in the U.S. are asked to disclose information about their disciplinary background in high school as well as any violations of state and federal laws on their college applications...
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Legal missteps can hurt teens’ college chances
Kansas City Star, MO - Jan 12, 2008
Here’s one more reason high schoolers need to keep their noses clean and stay out of trouble: It could make the difference between a college acceptance or denial letter....
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South
College aid outlook cloudy
The State, SC - Jan 16, 2008
The General Assembly is unlikely to change the eligibility for lottery-funded scholarships this year, the chief House budget writer said Tuesday, but caps on the currently unlimited entitlement could loom in years ahead ...
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Improve College And Career Readiness In Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA - Jan 14, 2008
Too many high school graduates in Georgia are not well-prepared for college. Did you know only about half of the students who begin a four-year degree in our state actually graduate? Even fewer who start two-year degree or career programs finish...
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Teens address dropout rates
Hattiesburg American, MS - Jan 16, 2008
The culture in Mississippi has to change drastically if the 26 percent dropout rate is going to get cut in half, Hank Bounds insisted Tuesday. Almost 700 teenagers from 232 high schools attended a Mississippi Department of Education youth summit ...
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Parents
Help comes for parents lost in a teen world
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jan 16, 2008
Pregnancy, nutrition and drugs are just a few of the challenging issues parents face when raising a teenager. Teens have questions, but parents don't always have the right answers...
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Teen Pregnancy
Pregnant teens want maternity leave from school
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jan 16, 2008
School officials in Colorado are trying to figure out what to do with their pregnant teenagers. Last month, two counselors and a pregnant student asked the school board for a maternity leave policy that would grant four to six weeks of excused absences after students’ babies are born
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TV star’s pregnancy prompts teen talks
Rapid City Journal, SD - Jan 16, 2008
When Kay Ermish heard that television star Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant at 16, she used the news to begin a conversation with her 14-year-old daughter...
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