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Big Picture
The U.S. Needs More Colleges
Bloomberg - Jan 6, 2017
The idea of free college, one of the pillars of Bernie Sanders’ unsuccessful presidential bid, hasn't been discarded in the wake of the 2016 election. Just this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a plan to make all public colleges in that state free for residents whose families earn less than $125,000 a year....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Freshman Survival Secrets – Part 2
Tribune News-Service - Jan 9, 2017
Ben Knoble, a 2016 graduate of Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte and a first-year student at UNC Chapel Hill shared his wisdom about what was a very successful first semester; both academically and socially....
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3 Ways High School Seniors Can Capitalize on Second Semester
US News - Jan 9, 2017
Many students – and parents – are all too familiar with the stereotypes surrounding second-semester seniors. Pop culture often deems the final semester as a time for high school seniors to relax and put the hard work on the back burner...
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6 Things to Consider Before Applying to Colleges Abroad
Her Campus - Jan 4, 2017
Lately, it seems like studying abroad is a right of passage for many students. Chances are, you know at least one person who went abroad for a semester––but there’s a huge difference between studying abroad for a semester and making it your entire college experience....
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Students with Disabilities
Counselors
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Post - Jan 12, 2017
Texting Students into College? OK, But… It’s been a busy news week for school counselors—and it isn’t even National School Counselor Week yet! The cycle of attention began last week, when First Lady Michelle Obama honored the School Counselor of the Year at a White House Ceremony .. More
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Text Your Way to College
New York Times - Jsn 6, 2017
Every year, hundreds of thousands of high school seniors make bad choices about where — or whether — to go to college. Some who would excel at top-ranked institutions opt for second-tier institutions. And more than 200,000 students who have been accepted by colleges never enroll....
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Parents
How stuck-in-the-middle parents can afford college
USA Today - Jan 10, 2017
All parents want to pay for their kids’ college. Unfortunately, many families find themselves too wealthy to qualify for financial aid, but too strapped to pay out-of-pocket...
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SATs & ACTs
What Your PSAT Scores Really Means
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Jan 9, 2017
PSAT scores for the new version of the SAT arrived last week. These scores mark the time when sophomores and juniors can begin to target colleges that are in range. If your school is slow about handing out scores, you may want to go online and get them. Then, how do you interpret your PSAT scores and use them to launch your college search?...
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How Parents Can Help Their Kids Through the SAT and ACT
, GoLocalProv College Admissions - Jan 6, 2017
icki Reilly thinks of herself as calm, cool and collected. But locked in the privacy of a bathroom with her phone, she furtively checked her son’s ACT scores—even though she’d told him not to while the family vacationed in Colorado. ...
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FinAid/Scholarships
Career and Technical Education
There’s good money to be made in non-college careers
Herald Net - Jan 10, 2017
EDMONDS — All Bryan Robbins wanted to do was work on cars. His dad, Dave Robbins, was a mechanic before a back injury disrupted that career and he began teaching automotive classes in the Edmonds School District. ..
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Feds Say More Than 800 Career Programs Are Failing
WGBH.org - Jan 10, 2017
With just over a week left in office, the Obama administration continues to crackdown on the for-profit college industry. The U.S. Education Department says hundreds of schools have failed to meet its gainful employment rule. ..
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West
Education reform should go beyond the budget
Seattle Times OpEd - Jan 7, 2017
Although fixing education funding is the Washington Legislature’s paramount duty, lawmakers should take the opportunity to make other education-policy changes and budget improvements in the session that began Monday....
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