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  College Admissions
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 		A Bridge to Recovery on Campus
posted: Jan 23rd   source: nytimes.com  
In 1988, Rutgers University started what is believed to be the first residential recovery program on a college campus. 15 colleges are now members of the Association of Recovery Schools, including Augsburg College (MN) and The College of St. Scholastica (MN).
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  College Admissions
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 		Common App 4.0 - Many Upgrades & a Fix for the Truncation 'Bug'
posted: Jan 23rd   source: nytimes.com  
For the current crop of HSl sophomores and younger, the technical process of applying to college using the Common Application is likely to be more streamlined (and less frustrating) than it was for their older brothers and sisters. The Common App, the all-purpose form accepted by 456 colleges and universities, is getting a digital makeover.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid
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 		Watch: Congressman rebuffs college-going mom on Pell
posted: Jan 19th   source: org2.democracyinaction.org  
Recently, Arkansas college student Kelly Eubanks spoke up at a town hall meeting held by her congressman Rep. Steve Womack to ask about his votes to cut Pell Grants while maintaining subsidies for the oil industry. But Womack stonewalled the mother of two, who works two jobs and counts on Pell to continue her education.

The Arkansas Times wrote that he behaved like "a rank-pulling jerk." He talked over...
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  Paying For College
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 		Education Expert: Paying for College is Possible if you Start Planning Early
posted: Jan 18th   source: enumclaw.patch.com  
"Getting your child a quality education is not a spectator sport."

That's the message Charlie Hoff gave us when we contacted him via email this week. Hoff is holding a free seminar at Thunder Mountain Middle School Thursday night during which he'll share how to prepare for your child's college education.
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  College Admissions
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 		5 Expert Tips: A Winning College Admissions Plan For Your Child
posted: Jan 18th   source: forbes.com  
Last month was the first of many nail-biters for prospective college bound students: anxious high school seniors across the nation watched their mailboxes – or more likely checked their computers – for decisions on Early Admission applications for the college class of 2016. But that was just the tip of a stressful iceberg – the majority of those hoping to start college this fall will be hearing the results of their...
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  Tuition & Financial Aid
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 		Financial aid applications typically more complex than college admissions
posted: Jan 18th   source: mercurynews.com  
Q: My daughter just finished her college applications. It's now time for us to start the financial aid process, but we don't really know where to start. How can we find out if we even qualify?
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  Member College News
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 		Antioch College extends full-tuition scholarships to all four founding classes
posted: Jan 18th   source: antiochcollege.org  
The Antioch College Board of Trustees today announced the extension of the Horace Mann Fellowships to all students admitted for the next three years. The announcement comes after an extensive review of the College’s endowment and Annual Fund, which both saw major increases in the last six months, President Mark Roosevelt said.
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  Campus Finances
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 		Big Target, Bigger Cuts
posted: Jan 18th   source: insidehighered.com  
Per-student state funding for public research universities dropped about 20 percent between 2002 and 2010, according to a report being released today by the National Science Board, the policy-making arm of the National Science Foundation.
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  Student Loans
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 		What To Do If You Can’t Pay Your Student Loans
posted: Jan 18th   source: moneyland.time.com  
If you graduated college last spring, chances are over the winter holidays the government delivered a nice present to your door: your first student loan bill.
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  Student Loans
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 		What the New Student Loan Plans Mean For You
posted: Jan 18th   source: forbes.com  
When it comes to debt, we usually think about mortgages and credit cards. Yet, the amount of student loan debt has recently surpassed credit card debt. Unlike a mortgage, you don’t have a tangible asset that you can sell to pay it off and unlike credit card debt, they’re notoriously difficult to get rid of even through bankruptcy. These are some of the reasons that student loan debt helped fuel the Occupy Wall Street...
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  Paying For College
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 		Romney Offers Praise for a Donor’s Business
posted: Jan 17th   source: nytimes.com  
At Full Sail University, a for-profit college, the video game art program costs $81,000, graduates 14% percent of its 272 students on time and 38%; students carried a median debt load of nearly $59,000. Its president has donated $45,000 to a Mitt Romney Super-PAC, and Romney said last week in New Hampshire that for-profit colleges are the solution to the rising costs of a college education.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid
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 		Personal Finance: Strategy is key to aid for college
posted: Jan 17th   source: philly.com  
Private colleges use grants and scholarships, or what's called "merit aid," to lure students slightly above their typical students academically, which lifts their rankings compared with other schools. Look at these schools for your daughter. Ben Kaplan's "How to Go to College Almost for Free" provides the strategy for a winning scholarship application.
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  Member College News
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 		Philadelphia school closings will affect Catholic colleges, too
posted: Jan 17th   source: philly.com  
Before becoming president of Immaculata University, Sister R. Patricia Fadden spent 22 years of her career in Archdiocese of Philadelphia high schools. She was on the panel that recommended closure of 24% of the region's Catholic high schools and 29% of the region's elementary schools. Immaculata gets 10% of its freshman class from schools that will close.
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  Member College News
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 		Colleges review handling of abuse allegations
posted: Jan 17th   source: philly.com  
As colleges reopen, an issue front and center is ensuring their schools are protected from a child sex-abuse scandal like the one that rocked Penn State last fall. "Most of us bring in some auxiliary revenue by hosting different vendors on campus over the summer," said Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, president of Rosemont College, whose school is developing guidelines for camps and groups that bring minors onto...
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  Member College News
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 		Limestone college extension gets permanent location in Kalmia Plaza
posted: Jan 11th   source: aikenstandard.com  
Limestone College, an extended-campus presence in Aiken County since the mid-1980s, now has its own permanent location, said director Bruce Wheelon.

The college now has a site at Kalmia Plaza on Richland Avenue in Aiken, between Food Lion and CVS Pharmacy.
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  General College News
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 		College-Educated Workers Gaining Jobs, High School Grads Losing Them
posted: Jan 11th   source: economix.blogs.nytimes.com  
Still don’t believe us when we say that college is worth it? Just look at the latest jobs numbers.

In December, workers with bachelor’s degrees or other postsecondary educations gained jobs. On the other hand, the number of workers with high school diplomas or less who were employed fell.
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  Student Loans
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 		Student Loans and Bankruptcy - The Debate Continues
posted: Jan 11th   source: forbes.com  
Returning Bankruptcy Protections to Student Loans, in Practice

I recently wrote a piece in this column showing why bankruptcy protections are essential for the healthy functioning of the nation’s federal and private student loan systems, and the public interest that they serve. Of the 50 or so comments received, very few challenged the validity of the argument or the soundness of its premises.
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  General College News
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 		Rick Santorum’s Anti-College Rant
posted: Jan 11th   source: campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com  
Hey, I get it: Republicans have to reject and condemn virtually everything President Obama proposes, no matter how noble, to satisfy their base. This is our political predicament.

Rick Santorum, however, has followed that logic out the window. In New Hampshire last week Santorum accused President Obama of “elitist snobbery” and “hubris” for suggesting that “under my administration, every child should go to college.”
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  Campus Finances
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 		Belt Tightening on College Costs
posted: Jan 11th   source: npr.org  
Over the last three decades, through good economic times and bad, one of the few constants in American life has been the relentless rise in the price of higher education. The numbers are stark: According to the non-profit College Board, public four-year universities raised tuition and fees by 8.3 percent this year, more than double the rate of inflation. This was typical: Over the last decade, public university...
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  Retirement Savings
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 		Retirement investing: catching up
posted: Jan 11th   source: money.cnn.com  
"I'm 57 and hoping to retire at 68, but I'm behind on my retirement savings. Should I invest as if I were younger and shift more into stocks to help increase my 401(k)?"
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