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Post - June 24, 2010
Summer Break: Another school year has come to an end. I can always tell, not only year by the weather but by the ever increasing returned email saying, “XYZ High School is on Summer Break...
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College - Larger Picture
U.S. colleges see highest enrollment jump in 40 years
USA Today - Jun 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market....
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Mounting Congressional Scrutiny of For-Profit Colleges
Inside Higher Ed - Jun 22, 2010
Five Congressional Democrats on Monday asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to begin a study of for-profit higher education that would look at institutional quality and business practices....
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How For-Profit Colleges Are Like Subprime Mortgages
ABC News - Jun 18, 2010
Ashford University of Clinton, Iowa traces its beginnings all the way back to the end of World War I—a fact underlined for visitors to its Web site by the proud "Founded 1918" that hangs off the bottom of the school's logo....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Why the library should affect students’ college choice
Washington Post - Jun 21, 2010
If you talk to a college admissions officer or a high school guidance counselor about things prospective students should do when visiting a college campus, one of the first things they say is to visit the libraries on campus...
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Get a head start on those college applications
Daily Pilot - Jun 18, 2010
In College Essays 101, your teenager will need to condense the past 17 years of his or her life into 500 words or less. For some, it will be the first time they'll be forced to reflect on what matters, what's shaped them...
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Finding Applicants Who Plagiarize
Inside Higher Ed - Jun 23, 2010
It wasn't that hard for admissions officers for the M.B.A. program at Pennsylvania State University to figure out that they had a plagiarism problem this year....
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Gap Year
Find a program for your gap year
Charlotte Observer - Jun 21, 2010
So now that everyone is familiar with the gap year concept and the benefits of a gap year experience… where are you going to go? First step: Apply and get in..
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SATs & ACTs
Colorado College will accept AP, IB instead of SAT
Washington Post - Jun 21, 2010
It's significant because most top colleges require either SAT or ACT scores as a tool in what is, for them, a difficult sorting process involving thousands of applicants. SAT scores mean the same thing everywhere. Other items on an application -- letter grades, g...
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Ivy League Entrepreneurs take on college test prep industry
Warwick Beacon - Jun 21, 2010
It's significant because most top colleges require either SAT or ACT scores as a tool in what is, for them, a difficult sorting process involving thousands of applicants. SAT scores mean the same thing everywhere. Other items on an application -- letter grades, g...
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'The Testing Hall of Shame'
Chronicle of Higher Education - Jun 24, 2010
Atlanta—There’s no such thing as the Testing Police, but there is such thing as Robert A. Schaeffer, who’s been known to sound the siren about how colleges use standardized tests in admissions.
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Parents
6 Ways to Raise a Smart Kid
CBS MoneyWatch.com - Jun 17, 2010
How can you raise a smart kid? Buy the kid books. You don’t, however, have to read them. That’s the conclusion I drew after reading the results of a new study in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility ....
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College Corner: Beware the Freshman Pitfalls
New York Times - Jun 18, 2010
For high school seniors making the transition to college, this is the time to get real. It is crucial for these new graduates to be aware of the common stumbling blocks that many college freshmen encounter, and learn what they can do to help themselves have a successful transition from high school to college. ....
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Rankings
College Athletes
7 Things You Need to Know About Sports Scholarships
US News & World Report - Jun 22, 2010
There's so much disinformation about athletics scholarships circulating in this country that I decided this week to share seven things that teenagers and parents, including my misinformed sister, need to know about sports scholarships....
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Paying
PersonalFinance: How to Afford the Costs of College
ABC News - Jun 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's time to pay the bursar. Back in the spring, high school seniors were happy to get those college acceptance letters. But now the bills for that first semester are coming due -- and they're big...
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Worldwide appeals for help with tuition net meager returns
Denver Post - Jun 21, 2010
Heather Coleman had racked up almost $18,000 in debt before she posted her tuition "help wanted" sign on the Internet. Coleman, a recent University of Colorado graduate, joined hundreds of students across the country who are cyberbegging for scholarships...
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How students have become online beggars
CNET News - Jun 22, 2010
There's only one thing I know about students. There are too many of them. The dominance of online practices over the traditional analog methods has meant that, truly, we need fewer people to make the commercial world spin around
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Student Loans
New Tools Find Cheap Private Student Loans
US News & World Report - Jun 21, 2010
Until recently, banks and other private lenders have made it hard for anyone to shop for college loans, in some cases because they didn’t want to compete by cutting profit margins. But several web entrepreneurs and state agencies have developed new tools to help students and parents find private loans that...
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South
Dropout rate could spell trouble for state
San Antonio Express-News - Jun 21, 2010
AUSTIN — The demographer who warned a decade ago about Texas' unhappy mix of dismal education achievement and high poverty is more concerned than ever. Actually, he's frightene...
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Ga. program lets high school students attend college full time
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Jun 21, 2010
Starting this fall Georgia students will have a new way to earn credits toward their high school diploma -- as full-time college students. The Move on When Ready program allows juniors and seniors to finish their diploma ...
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Summer
Summer school? That sounds cool.
Boston Globe - Jun 22, 2010
Summer school used to be the place you were incarcerated after flunking math. The word “remedial’’ was branded on your forehead the first day of class. Worse, you lost serious beach time....
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