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College - Larger Picture
3-Year Degrees? Not So Fast
Inside Higher Ed - Jun 3, 2010
As hot higher education ideas go, the three-year bachelor's degree continues to get a lot of attention and praise. Most recently, an op-ed in The New York Times made the case for three years of undergraduate study...
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College Costs: What’s Your Return on Investment?
CBSNews MarketWatch - Jun 2, 2010
When ranking college choices, ask yourself what your potential Return on Investment would be before committing yourself to years of potentially high college costs.....
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Recession May Cut Into Female College Advantage
The Wall Street Journal - May 27, 2010
Since the late 1970s there have been more women than men attending college, and a new report expects the gap to grow over the next ten years. But it’s possible the recession may alter that dynamic...
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Student Debt
Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt
New York Times - May 28, 2010
Like many middle-class families, Cortney Munna and her mother began the college selection process with a grim determination. They would do whatever they could to get Cortney into the best possible college...
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‘Eerie Echo’ of Mortgage Crisis in Student Loan Debt
New York Times - The Choice - May 31, 2010
One of the most e-mailed articles from The Times’s Web site this holiday weekend has been a Your Money column by our colleague Ron Lieber about the student loan debt crisis...
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When Drowning in Debt for College Doesn't Pay Off
The AtlanticWire (blog) - May 28, 2010
Commencement time brings plenty of reflections on the worth of a four-year degree. The Wire already brought you the debate about the class of 2010's gloomy job prospects. Over at The New York Times, however, one piece has jump-started an even less cheerful discussion...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
An Applicant’s Perspective on the College Essay
New York Times - The Choice - Jun 2, 2010
In this post, I will connect the transformative quality of writing with the searing fearlessness of college essays, or college essays as they should be....
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How to Save on College Housing
New York Times - May 27, 2010
Joe Hurley, the founder of Savingforcollege.com, and his son Chris figured out a way to save on dormitory costs ...
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Gap Year
AmeriCorps Helps Focus the Futures of Two Gap Year Students
US News & World Reprt - May 26, 2010
Christie Haas and Brendan Goth took different approaches to planning their lives after graduating high school. Haas, from Augusta, Ga., applied early decision to one college, while Goth, from Cincinnati, did not apply to college...
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The college question
Roanoke Times - May 29, 2010
After that, who knows? Instead of following the path that most would expect for a 17-year-old who is accepted to three universities -- the University of Missouri, the University of Colorado at Boulder and George Mason University -- Reed is contemplating deferring his higher education...
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Parents
Making It Work When College Grads Move Back Home
New York Times - May 27, 2010
(CBS) The good news: Your son or daughter has graduated college. The potentially bad news: He or she has returned to the nest, unable to afford to live on his or her own, due to the recession, job losses or unavailability...
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Want your kids to go to college?
DC College Admissions Examiner - May 28, 2010
Then buy books—lots of books. About 500 books should do the trick. According to a study published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, there exists a strong correlation between a child’s academic achievement and the number of books his or her parents own....
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Summer
Even lousy summer internships can be useful
Washington Post - May 28, 2010
Many high school and college students are now preparing for their summer internships. For most, this is a very exciting prospect. Finally they get the chance to explore a profession of interest and have some exposure to the “real world,” ...
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Fill summer with meaningful activities
Charlotte Observer - Jun 1, 2010
Combining an interesting or effective summer experience with a thoughtful essay and strong letters of recommendation can tip the scale for students on the bubble...
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Empathy
College students short on empathy
TIME - May 30, 2010
Students today seem to care more about things like the environment and animal welfare and poverty around the world, but how much empathy do they really have toward their fellow man?...
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Northeast
Fee hikes weigh on state students
Boston Globe - Jun 3, 2010
Tens of thousands of students and their families will be shelling out more money next school year to attend Massachusetts public universities, colleges, and community colleges as campuses raise fees...
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Online high school courses grow in popularity
Boston Globe - May 30, 2010
PLYMOUTH — Robert Morgan had a dilemma as he scheduled his classes this year: The Plymouth South High School senior wanted to take creative writing, but it conflicted with the Latin class he needed for graduation credit....
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Women’s Colleges Shift Gaze to Less Well-Off
New York Times - May 28, 2010
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Tucked among mansions in this affluent Boston suburb, Pine Manor College was long a finishing school, a place for well-heeled women to receive an education and for Ivy League men to find wives ...
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College Athletics
The Athletics Tax
Inside Higher Ed - Jun 1, 2010
The gap between the haves and have-nots in big-time college athletics has widened dramatically, according to a new report from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity analyzing institutional subsidy of sports programs....
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Summer Jobs
Teen Drinking
 | With Drinking, Parent Rules Do Affect Teens' Choices
NPR.org - May 31, 2010
As teenagers mature into their senior year of high school, many parents begin to feel more comfortable about letting them drink alcohol. But new research from brain scientists and parenting experts suggests loosening ..
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Party Host Charged In Fatal Crash
BostonChannel.com - May 31, 2010
LYNN, Mass. --
A Lynn teenager has been charged with hosting a party where an underage guest drank alcohol and was later involved in a fatal car crash...
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