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HSCW New Stuff Blog - Sep 22, 2009
Studentaid.com. They just launched their new product Studentaid.com. It's an idea whose time seems to have come. Instead of falling in love with a college and then finding out you can't afford it, Studentaid gives you a realistic idea of what college might cost at the beginning, during the decision process.
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College - Larger Picture
Costs weigh heavy as families plan for college
USA Today - Sep 23, 2009
GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Watching daughters Jessica and Nicole fret over college financial aid forms has been bittersweet for Geri Baudoux, a mother of five who quit nursing school when she and her husband started their family....
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Bill Upends System for College Loans
Wall Street Journal - Sep 18, 2009
WASHINGTON -- House approval of an education-financing bill Thursday marks a first step toward sweeping changes in U.S. higher education that would cut out private lenders and leave the government as sole provider of student loans under federal programs...
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New US education standards proposed
Boston Globe - Sep 22, 2009
WASHINGTON - An advisory panel unveiled a proposal yesterday that details the math and English skills every student ought to have by the end of high school, the first step toward what advocates hope will become common standards that help the United States regain world academic leadership ...
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Should Everyone Go to College?
Inside Higher Ed - Sep 18, 2009
WASHINGTON – Debates over college access, preparation and completion generally begin these days with the unspoken premise that every American should be able to go to college ...
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Defining 'College Ready,' Nationally
Inside Higher Ed - Sep 21, 2009
That too many young people come out of high school ill-prepared for college or the work force is little disputed. The questions of why that's so and how to fix the situation, however, have too often resulted in finger pointing ...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Start years early to prep for college
Detroit Free Press - Sep 23, 2009
Before my niece left for her college freshman year, she warned my eighth-grade daughter to start applying "way earlier than senior year." She said someone at the University of North Carolina gave prospective applicants a speech she wished she'd heard in middle school....
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Show “Demonstrated Interest “On Your College Applications
Auburn Journal - Sep 17, 2009
The majority of colleges and universities assign some level of importance to student “demonstrated interest”. Demonstrated interest is the likelihood a student will attend the college to which they are accepted....
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Counselor says new Web site good first step in scouting colleges
Grand Island Independent - Sep 20, 2009
Thumbs up on youniversitytv.com's "College Video Tours" and "Career Videos" as a preliminary screening tool, but a big thumbs down on its "Match Me Tool." That is Larry Uhing's quick summary of youniversitytv.com's fledgling Web site, ...
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Rankings
Keeping college rankings in perspective
Examiner.com - Sep 17, 2009
In an age where there’s a list for absolutely everything, it only makes sense that lists which rank colleges would be extremely popular. They seem like the perfect way to choose which schools to apply to...
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Private Consultants
Key factors in hiring a college consultant
Examiner.com - Sep 23, 2009
College consulting is definitely a growth industry. The Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) reports membership has more than doubled over the past five years...
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Applying to College Costs
Choosing school can be cheaper
The Columbus Dispatch - Sep 20, 2009
NEW YORK -- Before worrying about college tuition, parents must deal with the issue of getting their child into a school. The process can sap thousands of dollars, especially if you're booking hotel rooms and plane tickets to visit faraway campus ...
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You don’t have to go broke trying to get your child into a good college
The Boston Globe - Sep 18, 2009
Before worrying about college tuition, there’s the small matter of getting your child into a school. It’s a process that can sap you of thousands of dollars, especially if you’re booking hotel rooms and plane tickets to visit campuses. “It’s costing a fortune,’’...
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Paying and FinAid
What's the real cost of a college degree?
Examiner.com - Sep 21, 2009
It’s the question many college admissions officers don’t want you to ask. Which works out well since, according to Peterson's President Stephen Clemente, many families won’t even think to bring it up. ...
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How will you pay for college?
Atlanta Journal Constitutione - Sep 22, 2009
It’s your teenager’s senior year in high school. He or she is ruminating over serious concerns: prom, class rings and graduation, to name a few. More than likely, it’s the parents who are left to wonder how college will be paid for...
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Parents sacrifice retirement for kids' tuition
CNNMoney.com - Sep 14, 2009
As much as a college diploma may assist today’s youth with their future employment, paying for that education is giving their parents a severe headache. New surveys released by Fidelity Investments, the College Savings Foundation ...
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FaceBook
Facebooking your way to an acceptance letter?
Indianapolis Star - Sep 17, 2009
One of the test prep companies that sell books and courses promising to help students get into better colleges put out a bulletin this week on a new option that may or may not work: Adding admissions officers as friends on Facebook. ...
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Northeast
Schools allow teens to get jump on college
Centre Daily - Sep 22, 2009
BOGGS TOWNSHIP — The geography professor lectured on the differences between conic, planar and cylindrical map projections, and the three Bald Eagle Area High School seniors worked as a team to keep up...
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These test-score jitters are a sign of high standards
Boston Globe - Sep 21, 2009
MASSACHUSETTS maintains among the highest academic standards and toughest tests for students in the nation, even at the risk of looking bad on federal measures of “adequate yearly progress.’’. ...
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At tiny colleges, a bit of the old rah-rah-rah
Boston Globe - Sep 19, 2009
But beyond the Harvards and the MITs, many locals would be hard-pressed to name a fraction of the 80-plus colleges dotting the city and its suburbs, even if they pass the campuses routinely. ...
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Let two-year colleges excel
Albany Times Union - Sep 23, 2009
As the President said, community colleges have become the place "for anyone with the desire to take their career to a new level -- or start a new career altogether." ...
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Vocational Training
Miss. gov: Students should know about skill trades
OSU - The Lantern - Sep 18, 2009
JACKSON, Miss. -- Gov. Haley Barbour says there's nothing wrong with encouraging some Mississippi high schoolers to aim for skill trade training instead of a university degree. ...
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Should you really go to college: Vocational school a viable option
OSU - The Lantern - Sep 19, 2009
Many students entering four-year colleges after high school are unprepared academically, financially or emotionally. Others spend tens of thousands of dollars not really knowing what they want to do and struggling to pay back loans. College has become an expectation for the middle class. ...
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Bullying and Other Issues
Coming Out in Middle School
NY Times Magazine - Sep 24, 2009
Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend ...
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School bullying laws give scant protection
USA Today - Sep 14, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) — Laws meant to protect youngsters from playground bullies are largely ineffective, according to an Associated Press review, and several students' recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher measures.
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Making nice girls out of mean ones
USA Today - Sep 22, 2009
Paradise High School freshman girls just started a three-day workshop, "Celebrating Sisterhood," a curriculum developed by administration in response to numerous conflicts involving harassment, bullying and assault between girls...
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