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College - Larger Picture
As numbers decline in US, women's colleges boom globally
Hartford Courant, CT - Jun 11, 2008
Students from women's colleges around the globe are descending on the idyllic Massachusetts campus of Mount Holyoke College this week, a symbolic meeting where America's oldest women's college will welcome the newest members of a movement it helped inspire.....
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Should a Rich Kid Accept a College Scholarship?
Daily News Tribune, MA - Jun 10, 2008
Time and time again parents sit in our office and reflect, "I don't remember it being like this when I applied to college." Indeed, the process has changed in some important ways. More colleges are making standardized testing optional, schools are becoming increasingly competitive,...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Attn JUNIORS - Next Up...College Applications!
VillageSoup Belfast, ME - Jun 11, 2008
The following are some helpful hints about what college admissions offices are looking for and some of the things you can do to help your application stand ...
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Summer
Summer work on scholarships could pay off big
TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Jun 10, 2008
There are plenty of reasons to encourage a teenager to take a summer job. It builds responsibility, provides a glimpse into the work world, develops credentials for the next job and, of course, produces some spending money. But if you are after serious money for college, there may be a better way...
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SATs & ACTs
Colleges begin to reassess tests
The Tennessean, TN - Jun 11, 2008
Higher education is undergoing some sweeping changes, none more dramatic than the trend toward dropping SAT and ACT exams as admission requirements. Most of the colleges and universities that have dropped the requirement are not considered the most selective, but last month ....
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Tests are not ideal, but they serve as valuable tools
The Tennessean, TN - Jun 11, 2008
Wake Forest University recently became the first top 30 national university to make ACT and SAT scores optional in the admissions process. Wake Forest hopes by doing so, students who have performed well in the classroom but not on tests would be encouraged to apply..
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Standardized tests have shortcomings
The Tennessean, TN - Jun 11, 2008
As Wake Forest alumni, you know that we are a community that extends beyond faculty, administrators, staff, students and alumni to our families and friends. The quality of our intergenerational compact is annually refreshed by our admissions policies and practices. When we select our students, ...
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Class Ranking
Ending class rank is a smart concept
Nashua Telegraph, NH - Jun 7, 2008
...Graduating at the top of your class is a strong signal to colleges and employers that you're worth paying attention to. But what signal does a class rank of 14 or 47 or 203 send? Without context, it's hard to tell. ...
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Parents
Tips for parents: No one said applying to college was easy
The Reporter, WI - Jun 10, 2008
I recently heard that a cousin's son is attending our state university free, with a state-funded scholarship for brilliant students. His parents are millionaires and could easily pay the boy's college expenses themselves. Do you think it's ethical...
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Is your child headed to college? Make a plan
Republican Eagle, MN - Jun 12, 2008
As this school year comes to a close, many students are planning for college. Students are usually concerned about their financial aid papers, acceptance letters and the formalities that go with choosing a college...
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AP Classes
Is AP Good for Everyone?
Washington Post , DC - Jun 8, 2008
I am no match for Chester E. Finn Jr. in a debate. The president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and author of "Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik" (Princeton University Press) is feared by many ideological adversaries for his sharp wit and inexhaustible erudition...
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College Loans
Beat the college loan crunch
CNNMoney.com - Jun 10, 2008
(Money Magazine) -- For families with children heading off to college, this has been the year from hell. First, a record number of applicants made 2008 the most competitive year ever for college admissions. Then the credit crunch hit the college market in a big way, igniting fears of a drought in financing for all students this fall. ...
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Editorial: Banks should continue loans to two-year college students
The Reporter, WI - Jun 10, 2008
(Here's a disturbing trend for students in two-year technical or community colleges: Several large banks have decided to stop offering loans for two-year colleges. The banks say students in two-year colleges take out smaller loans for shorter periods of time than their counterparts in four-year institutions ...
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Government Preempts Disruption of U.S. Student Loans (Update1)
Bloomberg - Jun 11, 2008
A U.S. program to support college lenders is ensuring that students will get the government-backed financial aid they need for the 2008-2009 academic year, after a seizure in the credit markets threatened the flow of funding.
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Northeast
Even for valedictorians, money matters in college choice
Providence Journal, RI - Jun 17, 2008
High school valedictorians in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts might — or might not — have gained admission to the colleges they wanted, but more than ever, money played a factor in the offers they acceptedt...
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Community colleges propose tuition hikes
Albany Times Union, NY - Jun 11, 2008
Thousands of students at two of the region's community colleges would see tuition increases under budgets proposed for next year. Schenectady County Community College's tentative 2008-09 budget request would boost the bill for full-time students to $3,030 per year, an increase of $140, or 4.8 percent...
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Asian-American Students
Inquiry Into Alleged Anti-Asian Bias Expands
Inside Higher Ed, DC - Jun 11, 2008
A complaint by an Asian American student that racial bias blocked his admission to Princeton University has been expanded by the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights into a broader “compliance review” of the issues involved beyond his case....
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Asian Americans' academic success misleading, report says
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 10, 2008
The success of some Asian American and Pacific Islander college students has given rise to a myth of the "model minority" that obscures important differences within a diverse population whose educational needs are often neglected, according to a report released Monday...
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Technical Trades
Some grads explore technical trades
Business Gazette, MD - Jun 11, 2008
Sasha Anapolle, 19, is a kinetic learner. The Walt Whitman High School senior said he dislikes sitting at a desk. He prefers to work with his hands, doing carpentry, not paperwork...
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Teens and Sex
Smart talk from South L.A.'s 'sex ed girl'
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 9, 2008
Andreina Cordova has a 15-minute window to change a life, just a few moments between the dismissal of classes and the beginning of soccer practice. She wants to speak to anyone who will listen -- about making smart decisions about sex.
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Parents
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