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College Big Picture
New momentum for the three-year degree?
Washington Post - May 30, 2012
Last week brought two significant events in the annals of the three-year bachelor’s degree. First, the president of Wesleyan University in Connecticut announced a new initiative to encourage the three-year degree on his campus...
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Is the Recession Hurting College Enrollment?
TIME - May 31, 2012
Harvard, Yale and a few other selective universities may be announcing record numbers of applicants for the semester beginning in the fall, but higher-education officials are fretting about ominous signs that overall college enrollment is starting to drop....
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7 things colleges worry about
CBS News MoneyWatch - May 30, 2012
(MoneyWatch) Millions of parents across the U.S. are no doubt stressing about whether their children will get into good colleges and universities and, of course, how they will pay the tab. And colleges are worried, too....
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Education analysts raise new concern: dropouts with debt
Boston.com - May 29, 2012
WASHINGTON — As the nation amasses more than $1 trillion in student loans, education experts say a vexing new problem has emerged: A growing number of young people have a mountain of debt but no degree to show for it.....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Do-It-Yourself College Rankings, Part II
College Solution Blog - May 30, 2012
I wrote about Michelle Kretzschmar, who created an impressive spreadsheet system to help families assemble a list of promising colleges based on their own priorities. In today’s post I’m sharing some of the steps that Michelle...
Do-It-Yourself College Rankings College Solution Blog - May 29, 2012
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Going to college: 15 tasks for high school seniors
CBS News MoneyWatch - May 28, 2012
(MoneyWatch) With summer just around the corner, new high school seniors need to get busy as they navigate through the college admission process. It's a great time to get a head start. Here are 15 things high school seniors need to add to their summer to-do list:
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Juniors—summer is almost here: got plans?
College Admissions Examiner - May 29, 2012
As high schools across the country graduate their seniors and close the doors for summer, it’s time to make a plan for two months of college preparation....
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The Up and Down Sides to AP Coursework
San Ramon Express - May 28, 2012
Depending on how your particular school treats AP classes, an AP class can be worth a full grade higher than the regular track class (that’s how some students push their GPAs beyond the ‘perfect’ 4.0!). And even if your high school does not inflate AP grades, many college admissions offices do it for you.
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Community Colleges
The Hidden Costs of Community College
About.com - May 29, 2012
With the current economic situation, the number of students going to community college has gone up significantly. The logic is simple -- a student can save tens of thousands of dollars by spending two years in community college and then transferring to a four-year college
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SATs & ACTs
For a High Price, SAT Available in Summer
New York Times - May 30, 2012
For the first time, the SAT exam will be offered outside the school year — but only to students enrolled in a $4,500 summer program for gifted students on the Amherst College campus. ...
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Campus Visits
6 Questions to Ask at Freshman Orientation
US News & World Report - May 29, 2012
This summer, college students all across the country will be attending various orientations at the schools they'll be attending in the fall. Many eager parents will be attending those same orientations alongside their children...
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Planning a College Visit? Readers Suggest Questions to Ask
New York Times - The Choice - May 30, 2012
We recently listed questions that prospective college students should avoid on a campus visit if they’re trying to find a good fit. The “do not ask” list was based on questions that L. Randolph Lowry III, the president of Lipscomb University,....
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Guide Books
Admissions guide top pick: new book is a must-read
College Admissions Examiner - May 25, 2012
“Getting into college isn’t as hard as it looks.” That’s the advice former dean of admissions Robin Mamlet and journalist and parent Christine Vandevelde offer in their new book College Admission: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step.....
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Parents
Listening To Parents Key To Financial Responsibility
WBUR - May 29, 2012
"We found that parents played a really big role in the kinds of behaviors that their children exhibited," said Joyce Serido, a researcher at the University of Arizona, Tucson. "So, those kids who said they spoke with their parents about financial matters actually performed more responsible financial behaviors."...
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You Can Go Home Again
New York Times - May 31, 2012
Just when parents thought they might finally be free of their children, many of this year’s college graduates will pick up their degrees — and move back home....
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Competition for College Admission is Ruining Childhood
Boston Magazine - May 30, 2012
Yesterday’s New York Times “Motherlode” blog featured an entry about getting girls into college. The blog was a reaction to a recent article on The Daily Beast about how this year’s college application cycle was particularly brutal for “white girls without a hook.”...
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - May 30, 2012
College Counseling Trends to Watch for Fall
The next order of business for most high school counselors is graduation, but signals sent from Kalamazoo to Washington DC suggest the college counseling scene greeting us this fall will be remarkably different from the one this year brought. .... More
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| No need to pay for college admissions help
Philadelphia Daily News - May 30, 2012
Q. Our son is going into his senior year in a highly rated high school. He has straight A’s for his first three years, and he’s on the school’s football team (they’re not so hot). A friend recommended that we see her child’s college counselor, who guaranteed that he would get her daughter into an Ivy League....
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FinAid
Senator Introduces Bill for Standard College-Aid Letters
Business Week - May 24, 2012
U.S. Senator Al Franken and eight co- sponsors introduced a bill that would require colleges to use a standard format for financial-aid award letters so students and parents can more easily compare packages from different schools.....
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Deals With Banks Stack Fees On College Students
NPR.org - May 29, 2012
As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report to be released Wednesday by a public interest group....
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Midwest
 | School counselors in short supply in Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio - May 22, 2012
ST. PAUL, Minn. — After two public school students in southeastern Minnesota committed suicide this spring, experts expressed concern about gaps in mental health services in Minnesota schools.....
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Illinois joins push against for-profit colleges
stltoday - May 30, 2012
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined counterparts from 20 other states in pressing Congress to stop what they say is the exploitation of military veterans by for-profit colleges...
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Teen Drving Safety
Your teen is ready to drive? Here's how to pick a driving school.
The Christian Science Monitor - May 30, 2012
With summer almost here and your teenaged son or daughter looking to complete driver’s education courses, now is a good time to select a quality driving school to help provide your teen with a solid foundation of driving skills....
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