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RECENT COLLEGE NEWS STORIES

 

Battle of the Sexes.

http://www.theplainsman.com/view/full_story/6558077/article-Battle-of-the-sexes-cause-questions-in-college-admissions--gender-ratio?instance=home_news_lead_story

 

Qaulity Application Supplements vs "Look at Me."

http://media.www.thelaf.com/media/storage/paper339/news/2010/03/05/News/College.Applications.Call.For.Creativity-3884881.shtml

 

 Some For-Profits Abuse Accreditation/ Fianancial Aid.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_11/b4170050344129.htm?chan=bschools_undergraduate+business+programs+--+new+design_top+stories

 

 

New California Wait Lists To Regulate Enrollment.

http://www.statehornet.com/news/freshmen-waitlists-to-lower-student-enrollment-at-csu-1.1219080

 

 

College Bound Advisor Answers Financial Aid Questions.

http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2010/03/03/news/news05.txt

 

 

California Fee Hikes Help Poor Students?

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14509719?source=most_emailed

 

 

Spring Break College Visits.

http://my.auburnjournal.com/detail/143482.html

 

 

A Good Source for College & Career Stories.

http://www.citytowninfo.com/career-and-education-news/category/career-direct
 

FAFSA Financial Aid Deadline, March 2!

http://www.studentvoiceonline.com/fafsa-deadline-march-2-1.2170500

 

Asian-American Admissions Discrimination?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/02/25/apop022510.DTL&tsp=1

 

Large College Tuition Increases for This Year. 

http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/24/news/economy/public_tuition_soars/index.htm

  

Everyone's Talking About Admissions Youtube Videos.

http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/2010/02/youtube-videos-for-college-admissions.html

 

Direct Loan Change A Mistake (Opinion)

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/11/332350/private-loans-better-options.html

 

More Generally, A Very Sad Trend.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/attacks_targeting_teachers_and_students_worldwide_on_the_rise_says_unesco_report/back/18256/

 

 

Be Cautious in Scholarship Searches.

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2010/02/19/news/local/doc4b7e887959fbc363071046.txt

 

Student Survey Highlights Overlooked Colleges.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/14/AR2010021402968.html?referrer=emailarticle

 

Public DIscontent with Colleges.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/education/17college.html

 

Counselors Worry About Wait Lists.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-waitlists16-2010feb16,0,2314486.story

 

More College Latinos.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-latino15-2010feb15,0,1453191.story

 

Generous Aid Cut Back.

http://moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com/2010/02/12/colleges-cut-back-on-generous-financial-aid/

 

Applications Up Almost Everywhere.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/84204447_Applications_are_rising_to_record_levels_across_U_S_.html

 

One in Five Needs Remediation.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100211/NEWS06/2110616/1319/About-1-in-5-students-need-remedial-help-in-college

 

Aid Eases College Costs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903832.html?referrer=emailarticle

 

Do Colleges Red Line Asian Students? (Editorial)

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/08/do_colleges_redline_asian_americans?mode=PF

 

Dartmouth Drops "No Loans."

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/09/dartmouth

 

Using Spanish to Recruit Hispanic Students.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020701764.html?referrer=emailarticle

 

President's Pell Proposal.

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/budget/

 

10 $2,000 Scholarships a Year to Multi-Talented Students.

www.discusawards.com

 

25 Scholarships of $7,500 for Student Athletes.

www.bodybymilk.com

 

1,000 Best Buy Scholarships of $1,000.

www.bestbuy.com/scholarships 

 

Williams C. Abandons "No Loans" Policy.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/01/qt/williams_abandons_no_loans_policy

 

U. Cal Checks Applicant Activity Claims.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14303391?source=email

 

Mass Marketing Applications.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/education/26admit.html

 

Women Discriminated Against?

http://www.statepress.com/node/10283

 

Study: No Harder To Get In Than A Decade Ago.

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lvIXIiN0JwE&b=5715185&content_id=%7B182A5200-3C08-48B9-A491-ACB39EE372F4%7D¬oc=1

 

Applications Surge for DC Area Colleges.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401624.html?hpid=topnews

 

Online Applications Boom in NC (plus ap numbers/deadlines).

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100125/NEWS01/100124017

 

 

The 2009 UCLA National  Freshman Study

www.heri.ucla.edu/pr-display.php?prQry=42

 

Will Number of College Student Keep Increasing?

http://www.benzinga.com/92193/the-college-admissions-wave-will-the-number-of-students-keep-rising-forever

 

"The College Admissions Scam" (opinion).

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/10/the_college_admissions_scam/

 

Financial Aid Struggles.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100119/NEWS/1190339/Lining-up-college-aid-now-a-study-in-resolve

 

Harvard U. Resumes Accepting Transfers.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/1/15/transfer-students-admissions-according/

 

Harvard's Record Applications.

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/01/a-first-for-harvard/

 

U. Califronia Application Record.

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2463558.html

 

Financial Aid Trends, USNews.

http://www.usnews.com/education/paying-for-college/articles/2010/01/12/8-happyand-3-scarytrends-in-financial-aid-in-2010.html

 

Making Connections: Dimensions of Student Engagement, the 2009 study of student engagement at community colleges. http://www.ccsse.org/ .   

 

Counselors Struggle.

www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14137718?source=email

 

Recession Sends Students Scrambling for Law School.

www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/education/10grad.html

 

NACAC 2008 Admissions Trends.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/05/xtr_561904.shtml 

 

Philadelphia Pushes College in New Program. 

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/80562767.html

 

Illegal Students?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03alienbx-t.html

 

Looking for Green Students.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010668592_greencampuses02m.html

 

Special Admissions Rules for Athletes. www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/30/admissions-exemptions-benefit-lock/

 

Chinese Students Flock to U.S.

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200912260030/NEWS01/112260006

State of Campus Tours.

http://jacksonville.com/news/2009-12-29/story/in_an_age_of_virtual_advertisements_the_tour_group_is_still_king_for_campus_ad

 

More Early Admissions Data.

http://www.thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jacques-steinberg

 

Discount Test Scores?

http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-scorechoice.artdec07,0,2811536.story

 

First generation students blog about college.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/wellesley/news/x1158536346/Babson-College-student-in-Wellesley-blogs-about-being-first-in-family-to-attend-college
  

New Early Decision college admissions numbers.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/24/early

 

California Latinos and African Americans value higher ed. http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=8a7fe1338492a2613c91bf44eba6983c

 

Florida's most expensive universities attract more students than expected. http://wkrg.com/537332 

 

Cal State Swamped with applications. 

www.scpr.org/news/2009/12/02/csu-applications2/

 

Trinity College, Dublin to increase student numbers by 15%.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1126/1224259488219.html