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College - Larger Picture

The Impact of Dropping the SAT
Inside Higher Ed - Mar 26, 2009
new research study -- based on simulations using actual student applications at competitive colleges that require the SAT or ACT for admission -- has found that ending the requirement would lead to demonstrable gains in the percentages of black and Latino students, and working class or economically disadvantaged students, who are admitted...
Looking beyond grades and scores
Boston Globe - Mar 22, 2009
The admissions team at Tufts University embraced the Yahtzee enthusiast and budding engineer who built a wooden catapult in his backyard and the straight-A teenager who described herself as a "wise old owl" whom her friends turn to for advice...
The Admissions Lottery
Inside Higher Ed - Mar 24, 2009
Students will soon be receiving word from their chosen colleges and universities, but as more students apply to more colleges than ever before, the joy of acceptance or the agony of rejection are increasingly random. ...
Why Selective Colleges--and Outstanding Students--Should Become Less Selective
Huffington Post  - Mar 24, 2009
A new college admissions season is upon us, culminating a lengthy period of intense anxiety for high school seniors and their parents. Teenagers who have tortured themselves building up stunning credentials approach their mailboxes each day ...
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College Admissions Economic Crisis

Survey: Economy weighs on college applicants, parents
Orlando Sentinel  - Mar 23, 2009
The economic downturn has caused much angst among thousands of college applicants and their parents, according to a survey out today by the Princeton Review...
Economy influences college choices
USA Today  - Mar 25, 2009
Nearly seven in 10 high school students say the struggling economy has affected where they applied to college this year, a survey out today shows....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies

10 Things Students Need to Know About College (but Don't)
U.S. News & World Report  - Mar 11, 2009
Many students have already begun to receive, or shortly will get, their college acceptance letters. There's a wealth of information contained in those thick envelopes—or, more likely these days, text messages, videos, or goody bags. But some of the really important stuff is almost never told: secrets of college ...
The most basic (and most important) college admissions advice: be yourself
Examiner.com - Mar 23, 2009
The sage advice "be yourself" is now being echoed by college admissions officers across the country. Too many formulaic and passionless personal essays are leaving top-tier colleges and universities disappointed...
The U.S. News Guide to Admissions
U.S. News & World Report  - Mar 24, 2009
It's never too soon to get started with your search for the right college. To help you make your decision, U.S. News has compiled our most helpful resources relating to getting into college....
Be prepared for April - tips for surviving the college crunch
Examiner.com - Mar 22, 2009
April is a month of colliding forces when it comes to the lives of high school seniors heading to college in the fall. Applications are in, acceptances or rejections are appearing in mailboxes...
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Visiting

College Week Revolutionizes Admissions, Tours
WBZ Boston  - Mar 24, 2009
New technology is allowing students to search, visit, tour and chat with college admission experts. It's the world's biggest online college fair called College Week Live...
Visit prospective colleges from your living room
CharlotteObserver.com  - Mar 24, 2009
On Wednesday and Thursday you can collect college literature, have conversations with admissions representatives and attend college workshops without ever leaving home...
COLLEGE 101 ~ College Admissions Through the Eyes of a 27-Year-Old Dean
TheDay  - Mar 19, 2009
When you visit colleges, make sure to ask where the post office is and spend some time there, just listening and watching, says Weisenburger, 27, who graduated from Valley Regional High School, Smith College, and is currently an associate dean ...
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College - Choosing

10 Things to Do Once You've Got the College Admissions Letter
FOXBusiness  - Mar 25, 2009
If you have a child headed to college this fall, you’re all too familiar with application process and the agonizing wait that follows. Fortunately, the wait is over for most students, who should have the last of their acceptance letters in hand by early April...
When is college decision deadline?
MiamiHerald.com  - Mar 22, 2009
Q: My daughter keeps getting letters that say she needs to commit to schools ASAP The problem is she is still waiting to hear from other places, so she doesn't know where she wants to go yet for sure. How should we respond?..
Wondering about the waitlist
Examiner.com - Mar 25, 2009
The sometimes excruciating wait for college admissions decisions is finally coming to an end – or is it? For many students, the long-awaited answer is “Wait some more.” In other words, they’ve been offered a place on the school’s waitlist...
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Guidance Counselors

Guiding Hands Find New Ways
Washington Post, DC - Mar 23, 2009
Amid Tough Economic Times, School Counselors Are Adopting Fresh Ideas for Helping Students.Amid Tough Economic Times, School Counselors Are Adopting Fresh Ideas for Helping Students..
An ode to high school guidance counselors
Examiner.com - Mar 20, 2009
In my opinion, high school guidance counselors are the superheroes of the college admissions process. Honestly, it’s hard to appreciate exactly how hard they work for the students they serve unless you are very familiar with all that process entails...

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Northeast

Patrick pushes his $162m relief plan for colleges
Boston Globe  - Mar 25, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday that a $162 million infusion of federal funds to cash-strapped public colleges and universities will help soften the blow of the economic downturn ...
Federal aid for R.I. schools, colleges in jeopardy
Providence Journal  - Mar 25, 2009
SOUTH KINGSTON — Rhode Island’s school districts and three public colleges are poised to receive a total of $135 million in federal stimulus funds — but the state could lose the badly needed federal infusion....
Economy driving record number of applicants to SUNY schools
Buffalo News  - Mar 25, 2009
College-bound students in Western New York are reacting to the economic meltdown by flooding state universities and colleges with record numbers of applications. With their relatively low costs and solid academic reputations, State University of New York campuses ...
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Dropouts

Project Dropout
WBUR and WGBH  - Mar 23, 2009
According to a recent study by the Education Trust, the United States is now the only industrialized country where youths are less likely than their parents to earn a high school diploma
Greater Boston Report: Dropouts and the Army - Greater Boston WGBH Mar 24, 2009
Vocational Schools Prove Effective In Combating Dropout - WBUR Mar 24, 2009
At One Public School, Not Dropping Out Is Not Enough - WBUR Mar 23, 2009
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Working and Technical Training

Teens face more adult competition for jobs
Chicago Tribune  - Mar 21, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS - Employers are hiring more adults for jobs traditionally taken by teens as unemployment soars. "I would rather have a mature adult working in here than a teen any day of the week," Dan Caras, training general manager with Panera Bread
Chefs in the making
The Christian Science Monitor  - Mar 25, 2009
The current obsession of elevating chefs to rock-star status has made it easy for cooking schools to attract teenage students who want to learn to cook or who might be considering the field as a career. But to keep them focused for two or more hours requires savvy adult guidance
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Teen Violence

Report: Few states responding to teen dating violence
CNN.com  - Mar 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Only a few states have laws that adequately equip teen victims of dating violence with tools for protection and safety, according to a new report from a watchdog group...
Teen dating abuse a silent epidemic
Inside Bay Area  - Mar 22, 2009
It all started in a haze of happiness: A new guy, a new love, sweet affection and blinding jealousy. It ended a few weeks later on an Oakland hillside in the nightmarish glare of ambulance lights, police sirens and so much blood...
 
 

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