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New Report Critiques Teacher Education.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/07/teacher_accountability.html
Princeton Review to Offer Courses on College Admissions and Financial Aid.
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/admissions-financial-aid.aspx
Simplifying FAFSA Hasn't Removed All Problems, New Report Claims.
http://ticas.org
State Economies Down, But Financial Aid Holds Steady, Survey Finds.
http://www.nassgap.org/survey/NASSGAP_Report_0809.pdf
Once the Leader, American Higher Ed Now Ranks 12th in the World.
http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/212792.html
Community College Research Center Looks at Value of Online Learning.
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=796
Thomas Toch on Getting Kids to Be College Ready.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com//features/2010/1007.toch2.html
College-Going Rates for All Students Increase, Says U.S. Dept. of Ed.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010015.pdf
Foreign Student Enrollment Increases in U.S., National Science Foundation Says.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10324/nsf10324.pdf
Colleges Spending Less on Instruction, More on Recreation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/education/10education.html
Virginia Considers Early Admissions Plan
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/uva_considers_non-binding_early_admission/58057/
Harvard Education Letter Examines the "Academic Crisis of Boys".
http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/473
Barron's Releases Whopping 1,680-page Profiles of American Colleges 2010 .
http://www.barronseduc.com/0764197681.html
“Sharp Increase” in Minority Student Enrollment at Nation’s Colleges.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=59531
Colleges Using Computer Programs to Catch Applicant Plagiarism.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-06-23-IHE-plagiarism-software-Turnitin23_ST_N.htm
Princeton Review to Provde AFL-CIO Members with "College Readiness."
http://ir.princetonreview.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=481166
Knight Commission Takes Hard Look at College Athletic Programs.
http://www.knightcommission.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=503&Itemid=166
The States Look at Remedial Education.
http://www.gettingpastgo.org/docs/GPGpaper.pdf
Time to Think Gap Year?
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/15/1501136/a-gap-year-can-open-your-eyes.html
Georgetown U. Projections for Jobs and the Education Needed through 2018.
http://cew.georgetown.edu/JOBS2018/
"America"s Best High Schools." New Rankings from U.S. News.
http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools/
China Reforms Its College Admissions Process.
http://chronicle.com/article/China-Begins-to-Reform-Its/65804/
Advance Copy: Colleges That Work to Reduce Student Debt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/05/AR2010060500717.html?referrer=emailarticle
New Alliance Formed to Increase College Graduation Rates.
http://www.completecollege.org/
U.S. News and World Report to Include GREs in its MBA Rankings.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2010/05/14/more-top-ranked-mba-programs-now-accept-gre.html
Free Online Guide to Top Colleges Worldwide.
http://www.topuniversities.com/top-universities-guide
"Light" Reading for Memorial Day: New Condition of Education Report.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
Is Student Debt the Next "Bubble?" New Series from NPR Boston.
http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/24/student-loans-i
NCAA Tightens Rules for Use of "Nontraditional" Courses by Student Athletes.
www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/NCAA/NCAA+News/NCAA+News+Online/2010/Division+I/NCAA+decertifies+selected+nontraditional+secondary+education+courses_05_25_10_NCAA_News?pageDesign=Printer+Friendly+NCAA+News+And+Updates
Student Poll Finds Families Make Decisions About College
Without Adequate Financial Information.
( http://www.artsci.com/student.htm
People Are Talking About: Is Four-Year College Degree Needed?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/weekinreview/16steinberg.html
Seven Questions to Ask About Doing a Gap Year.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2010/05/19/7-questions-to-ask-when-considering-a-gap-year.html
Millions of Dollars in Aid Unclaimed by Community College Students.
http://advocacy.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/10b_1790_FAFSA_Exec_Report_WEB_100517.pdf
Program Helps Average Students Become "College Ready." Williams Awards Financial Aid to 54 Percent of 2014 Class. Harvard's Yield May Set Record. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/5/12/students-fitzsimmons-year-percent/
U.S. Secretary of Education Confirms Commitment to For-Profit Colleges.
Bad Job Market is Good for Higher Ed.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/C320C69EFB01AE108625771D000F237C?OpenDocument
$1,000 Center for Student Opportunity Scholarships to First-Generation, Low-income, or Minority Students (May 28 Deadline).
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/293966/3cb231abf6/1384001290/363f140623/
Space Available at 240 Colleges Nationwide.
Who's in Debt? New College Board Report.
Study Finds Rural Students Shun Elite Colleges. College and Career Ready. National Public Radio on College Wait List Anxiety. NACAC Report on Transfer Admissions. http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20100427.073643&time=09%2002%20PDT&year=2010&public=0
New National Ad Campaign With Resources for Hispanic Parents. Negotiating Financial Aid Offers. Multiple Applications Soar. 286 Green Colleges: Downloadable Guide. What Went Wrong With California Universities: A 50-Year Perspective. 12 Great Free University Courses. U. California's Toughest Admissions Year. Teens Changing College Plans Due to the Economy. Wait List Updates. The Psychological Stress of ... Acceptance Letters. Report: Deep Tuition Discounting In 2009. New Tool To Interpret Financial Aid Offers. St. Michael's (VT) Goes SAT Optional. Cutting Financial AId Deals. Yale's Wait List. Higher Acceptance Rates An Illusion? Yale U. Accepts 7.5 Percent of Apllicants. Stanford U. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/march/freshman-admit-letters-032910.html
Duke Applicantion Numbers Overwhelm Review System.
Duke's Class of 2014.
Congress Passes New Direct Student Loan Program. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2418677420100326
"Likely" Admissions Letters.
Do Rich Applicants Have An Advantage?
Harvard Joins the $50,000 Club.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2010/03/20/harvard-hikes-sticker-price-50k/
Direct Student Loan Program Passes House As Part of Health Care Bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/education/22pell.html?th&emc=th
Hispanics Face College Barriers.
U. California May Drop SAT .
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/345215/newspaperid/3334/UCs_Look_to_Eliminate_the_SAT_in_the_Future.aspx
Update on Federal Student Aid Bills.
Three $1,000 Scholarships for Architecture Students (including H.S. Seniors) in N.E. Illinois. www.aianei.org
10 Tips for Parents. http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/Rip-offs/10-Things-the-College-Prep-Industry-Wont-Tell-You/?hpadref=1
Trade School Debt. http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100314/NEWS01/3140328/1002/NEWS01
New Common State Standards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031000024.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2010031000033
Spring College Visit Tips.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/09/1299803/road-trip-how-to-make-the-most.html
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."
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.
College Bound Advisor Answers Financial Aid Questions.
California Fee Hikes Help Poor Students?
Spring Break College Visits.
A Good Source for College & Career Stories.
FAFSA Financial Aid Deadline, March 2! Asian-American Admissions Discrimination?
Large College Tuition Increases for This Year.
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).
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
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.
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. Florida's Most Expensive Universities Attract More Students Than Expected. http://wkrg.com/537332
Cal State Swamped with Applications.
Trinity College, Dublin to Increase Student Numbers by 15 percent. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1126/1224259488219.html
