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College - Larger Picture
Did The Value Of Your College Degree Just Drop $350,000?
CBS News MoneyWatch - Feb 4, 2010
How much is a college degree worth compared to a high school diploma? Does $800,000 sound about right? This figure gets bandied around a lot because the College Board has been suggesting for years that college grads typically enjoy an $800,000 lifetime earnings advantage over high school graduates...
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Want to Be Happily Married? Go to College.
Newsweek - Jan 31, 2010
There was a time, not that long ago, when women were considered smart if they played dumb to a get a man, and women who went to college were more interested in getting a "Mrs. degree" than a bachelor's...
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Chasing the college acceptance letter: Is it harder to get into college?
The Center for Public Education - Jan 30, 2010
The headlines are stark. Anxiety levels are sky-high. Parents, students, and educators whisper about the straight-A student who never received an acceptance letter. As a result, the college admissions game starts earlier and earlier, with a few students spending thousands of dollars on special coaches who promise admittance to their first-choice college....
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College Admissions - The Economy
College Endowments Plunge In 2009
Wall Street Journal - Jan 27, 2010
College endowments fell sharply for a second year in a row, raising doubts of a recovery any time soon, according to a new survey. American colleges and universities' endowment funds fell 18.7% on average in the 2009 fiscal year....
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Alumni gifts to colleges decline
USA Today - Feb 3, 2010
Fewer alumni contributed to their undergraduate alma maters last year, and those who gave, gave less, a survey says....
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Pulling Back From 'No Loans'
Inside Higher Ed - Feb 2, 2010
Who will be first? That's the question many experts on financial aid have been asking for the last year, with regard to the "no loan" policies adopted by many colleges three years ago. For private colleges that announced some of the most generous policies, the timing couldn't have been worse...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
SAT and ACT: Which is the Better Test?
CBS News MoneyWatch - Feb 2, 2010
Should your teenager take the SAT or ACT test? Typically, students pick the test that their friends are taking. On the East and West coasts, students prefer the SAT test. In the Midwest and Rocky Mountains states, the ACT test is king...
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Preparation is key to college admission
Pacific Daily News - Jan 30, 2010
Getting into college isn't easy, but at least it's not getting any harder. According to a new report from the Center for Public Education, an initiative for the National School Boards Association, many of the admission trends you might think are sweeping the nation aren't correct....
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Beware the pitfalls of fast-track applications
Daily Cardinal - Jan 31, 2010
Still remember the stressful days of college application? Your piggy bank was never full enough for the application fees, $50 here and $60 there. Next came the tortuous months when every frantic reach for the mail box ended with you empty-handed. ...
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Make Things Difficult: Advice for Juniors and Sophomores
Auburn Journal - Feb 2, 2010
In the days ahead, junior and sophomore high school students will be choosing their classes for next year. These classes should include both the courses required for high school graduation AND the courses recommended to achieve admission to top colleges and universities...
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Missed Opportunities: Why some applications fail
Lake Oswego Review - Jan 29, 2010
At a college counseling conference in Pittsburgh two years ago, I listened to an admissions officer from the Ivy League explain why some highly qualified applicants are not admitted to top tier colleges....
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Truth and Consequences
UC sleuths seek proof for glorious claims on admission applications
San Jose Mercury News - Jan 31, 2010
Did you donate the profits from your violin recital to support a homeless shelter? Were you part of a deer rescue squad during a major forest fire? Was that you who donated gallons of blood to the Red Cross? Well, if you said so on your UC application, you better be ready to prove it....
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FAFSA - FinAid
FAFSA: Taming the college financial aid form
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog - Feb 3, 2010
It’s been compared to a nightmare, a torture session and a root canal.
Around this time of year, families around the country face the daunting task of filling out the dreaded FAFSA form....
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4 more ways to pay in-state tuition at out-of-state colleges
DC College Admissions Examiner - Feb 3, 2010
Regional “reciprocity” agreements are one way to pay in-state tuition at out-of-state colleges. If your state participates in one of the major tuition exchange programs, you may be eligible to attend a public institution in another state and pay less than nonresident tuition....
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Rankings
Parents
The Mistakes Parents Make
News & Observer - Jan 31, 2010
We all know that parents mean well, but well, sometimes they just get in the way. Asked whether parents can hurt their children’s chances of admission at the recent Unigo/Wall Street Journal On Campus program entitled, “Inside the Admissions Office”, Seth Allen of Grinnell quipped “I’ve met many parents I’d like to admit!”...
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Northeast
Mass. gov: Immigrant tuition bill likely dead
Boston Globe - Feb 3, 2010
BOSTON—A bill to grant undocumented students in-state tuition rates in Massachusetts "isn't going anywhere" and is likely dead this legislative session, Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday....
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City school officials question new state graduation exams
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 3, 2010
The state plans to phase in the so-called Keystone Exams through 2016-17. To graduate from high school in 2017, current fifth-graders will have to pass at least six of 10 exams or fulfill alternative requirements
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N.J. high schools study community-service requirement
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jan 27, 2010
Community service may have inched closer to becoming a graduation requirement for New Jersey high school students under a bill signed into law in the final days of the Corzine administration...
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Career Training
Student Athletes
Long, long shot
Houston Chronicle - Jan 31, 2010
There are many things to be gained when kids participate in high school sports, but a college scholarship might not be one of them. It’s tough for Cole Cragin to put a dollar amount on his swimming career. The Texas freshman could add the money spent on pool fees, equipment, coaches and gas for the two-hour commute to practice every day for nearly three years. But that’s only part of it...
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The ins and outs of college recruiting
The Dallas Morning News - Jan 31, 2010
“The first two questions you get are how big is he and how are his grades?” Darby Chaney, an analyst with the National Prep Network, a service that helps promote high school players to colleges....
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