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College Big Picture
 | How The Housing Industry Affects Students' Future
NPR.org - Jun 7, 2012
New research shows that booms and busts in the housing industry help determine where high school students apply for college. Booms trigger applications to better colleges, busts to lesser quality schools....
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Simple Student Loans
Washington Monthly - Jun 5, 2012
College and university presidents representing more than one million students will meet with White House officials on Tuesday to announce an agreement to provide incoming students a “shopping sheet” of easy-to-understand terms for financial aid package..
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| High Schools Grads 'Scarred' By High Unemployment
WBUR.org - Jun 6, 2012
The job market is still bleak for young people with only high school diplomas. Nearly half of high school graduates are still looking for full-time work, according to a new report by Rutgers University's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.....
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Graduating College
| Good Luck Graduating in Four Years!
College Solution Blog - Jun 5, 2012
Here is a scary college statistic: According to the federal government, only 36.4% of full-time students graduate from college in four years. Here is a closer look at the latest available stats: ..
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Casting a wider college net
CBS News MoneyWatch - Jun 7, 2012
(MoneyWatch) Who is worried about getting into college? In my experience it's affluent families, whose children enjoy the most college options, who are the ones most likely to be stressed....
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What juniors should do over the summer
Charlotte Observer - Jun 5, 2012
If you’re the parent of a high school junior who is either avoiding the subject of college or seems unmotivated, you’ve got your work cut out for you. Here’s an action plan for your student...
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Counselor’s Calendar | June Checklist for Juniors
New York Times - The Choice - Jun 6, 2012
Rising seniors, here is your college admissions checklist: "Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job’ As George Thorogood’s lyrics suggest, summer can be well spent doing just about anything, but you must do something. Mowing lawns or holding a steady job..
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5 Reasons To Choose A Liberal Arts College
GoLocalProv - Jun 4, 2012
With a stagnant economy, parents seem to be shying away from the idea of letting their children pursue a liberal arts education. Many want a full service university with a business college or health science curriculum that they feel will lead to a career....
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Oh the Places You Will Go! How Your College Choice Affects Your Career
Nerd Wallet - Jun 5, 2012
With a stagnant economy, parents seem to be shying away from the idea of letting their children pursue a liberal arts education. Many want a full service university with a business college or health science curriculum that they feel will lead to a career....
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Teenage Volunteering: A Leg Up for College?
Education.com - Jun 4, 2012
In an ideal world, people would take on volunteer work for the sole purpose of making the world a better place. But high school students are too busy for pure altruism. Studying, SAT prep and socializing take up a lot of time....
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Prepare for These College Interview Questions
About.com - Jun 2, 2012
If you're visiting colleges this summer, your time on campus is a great opportunity to arrange an interview. The interview gives you a chance to put a face and personality to your application.....
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Graduating HS Seniors
Counselor’s Calendar | June Checklist for Graduating Seniors
New York Times - The Choice - Jun 3, 2012
Graduating seniors, here is your final college admissions checklist:
Congratulations! You did it. You’re an official member of the college class of 2016. It’s no longer a question of where you are going to college; it’s all about what you will do when you get there and how you will use this opportunity....
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5 Considerations for Bringing a Car to College
US News & World Report - May 29, 2012
Should a college-bound student take a car to college along with the laptop and backpack? Or is leaving the car at home that first year a better plan? ...
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Campus Visits
What Happens on the College Visit
Washington Monthly - May 31, 2012
Apparently a significant number of high school students on college visits are “engaging in potentially dangerous or illegal behavior,” according to a survey released earlier this week by Susquehanna University. The press release explains:...
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SATs & ACTs
College Board pulls plug on summer SAT for gifted students
USA Today - Jun 4, 2012
The College Board, citing concerns about access and equity in education, has pulled the plug on a plan to administer a specially arranged SAT college entrance exam this summer to a group of gifted students...
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College Board cancels special summer SAT
College Admission Examiner - Jun 4, 2012
According to USA Today, the College Board today sent a letter to Barbara Swicord, president of the group's Summer Institute for the Gifted, cancelling the special SAT it was to have administered at its $4500...
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How College Board can move past SAT blunder
Washington Post - The Answer Sheet - Jun 6, 2012
Once it became widely known that the College Board was allowing students who paid $4,500 for a special summer college prep program to take the SAT in August when nobody else could, it was only a matter of time before the plan collapsed....
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Does the PSAT Matter?
About.com - Jun 6, 2012
If you're a rising junior, there's a good chance you'll be taking the PSAT in the fall. But how much does the PSAT actually matter? It is, after all, a practice test, right?...
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FinAid
| Colleges Agree To More Transparency In School Costs
NPR.org - Jun 5, 2012
The Obama Administration announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement with more than 100 colleges and universities on a new, more transparent form for laying out student financial aid packages. ..
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - May 30, 2012
It's June, and College Admissions is Still Rocking
Who would have thought late May would be a time of college admissions madness? Stories from two coasts raised the ire, eyebrows, and I-can't-believe-its of counselors, parents and students everywhere,.... More
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Parents
Should Kids Help Pay for College?
Wall Street Journal - Jun 5, 2012
Even many well-off families think their kids should shoulder a portion of their college costs. Almost three-quarters (72%) of “affluent” families think their children should contribute, ...
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When wealthy parents won't pay for college
MSN Money - Jun 5, 2012
Many parents can't afford to pick up any of the cost of sending their kids to college. But what if parents have substantial income and savings but refuse to help out? ...
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Summer
10 simple tips for 'internship success'
DC College Admissions Examiner - Jun 6, 2012
High school students are beginning to understand what undergrads already know about internships—they enhance the resume, help develop job skills, and can be the source of all-important recommendations for the future....
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Teens forgo traditional summer jobs to build careers
Baltimore Sun - Jun 2, 2012
Pikesville High School senior Josh Borris is working this summer, but he won't be paid. Completing a second summer as an intern at Correct Rx Pharmacy Services Inc. in Linthicum Heights....
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Vocational Education
Why we need vocational education
Washington Post - Answer Sheet - Jun 5, 2012
I was hired by Norway’s Ministry of Education to train vocational education teachers some years ago . Having myself attended a comprehensive high school where vocational students were those who couldn’t make it academically....
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How Certificates Can Lift Income
New York Times - Economix Blog - Jun 5, 2012
With so much focus on whether college is worth it, relatively little attention has been paid to the value of certificate programs – vocational courses of study beyond high school that do not lead to an associate’s or bachelor’s degree....
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West
California Cuts Threaten the Status of Universities
New York Times - Jun 3, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Class sizes have increased, courses have been cut and tuition has been raised — repeatedly. Fewer colleges are offering summer classes. Administrators rely increasingly on higher tuition from out-of-staters....
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Out-of-state colleges recruit more California students
San Jose Mercury News - Jun 5, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- California students are increasingly being courted by out-of-state colleges seeking to take advantage of cutbacks and rising tuition at the Golden State's public universities.....
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Community colleges face uncertain future
San Jose Community Colleges Examiner - Jun 4, 2012
California’s community colleges are in crisis and face an uncertain future. While the fiscal woes of the 112-campus system draw the most attention from the media, many educators and independent analysts are also beginning to ask if the contributions the colleges make to society.....
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Rural education challenges addressed by Colorado panel
Holyokee Enterprise - Jun 6, 2012
Community leaders from around the state were given the opportunity to more fully understand the challenges facing rural Colorado public schools at “The Rural Education Challenge” forum at the School District 27J Training Center in Brighton last Thursday, May 31.....
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Teen Dating
A Warning to Teenagers Before They Start Dating
New York Times - Jun 3, 2012
BOISE, Idaho — After studies emerged more than a decade ago showing that the highest rates of physical and sexual assault happen to women ages 16 to 24, programs to prevent abusive relationships have concentrated on high school and college students.....
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Guest Report - Stopping Teen Dating Violence
Door County Daily News - Jun 4, 2012
Dating Violence, powerful behavior used to control a dating partner, is a public health concern affecting 1 in 3 teens. Parents need to talk to their children about dating at a young age so that they feel supported and expect healthy behavior in their relationships....
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