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	College Admissions News
13 Vote for this story	College Essays That Stand Out From the Crowd
	posted: 22 hours ago		source: nytimes.com
	Financial columnist Ron Lieber of the NY Times asked HS seniors to send in college application essays about money, class, working and the economy. Of 66 submissions, he's selected 4 to publish. One of his 'winners', intriguingly, is from a student rejected by Princeton.
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
7 Vote for this story	Low-Income Students Pay High Net Prices at Many Colleges, Study Finds
	posted: May 17th		source: chronicle.com
	At hundreds of colleges, low-income students pay high prices, even after grant aid, according to a new study. Four SAGE member colleges - Keystone, Ripon, Beloit and College of Wooster - are among the exceptions where tuition is affordable for Pell recipients.
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	College Admissions News
8 Vote for this story	Let's Bring Clarity to Undergraduate Admissions
	posted: May 17th		source: chronicle.com
	Talk with people who work in or around college admissions, and they'll probably tell you the system is broken, or, at the very least, badly in need of repair. Here are some earth-shattering suggestions from Jon Boeckenstedt, VP of Enrollment Management at DePaul University.
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	General College News
8 Vote for this story	Five Pennsylvania State Schools Now Allowing Students To Bring Guns On Campus
	posted: May 16th		source: thinkprogress.org
	Five of Pennsylvania’s state universities — Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and Millersville — will now allow students to carry firearms at school, due to advice from attorneys in the governor’s office and state higher education office claiming that “blanket firearms bans were vulnerable to constitutional challenge and exposed the universities” to lawsuits. Penn State, the largest university in the...
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	Student Loan News
19 Vote for this story	Time To Get Serious on Student Loan Debt
	posted: May 15th		source: education123&goback=.gde_150353_member_240883230
	If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times from my Republican colleagues: we have to stop passing debt onto the backs of future generations. So, let's cap federal student loan interest at 3.4% and have loans (up to $45,000) forgiven after 10 years of payments at 10% of discretionary income.
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	Campus Finances
22 Vote for this story	Why some small colleges are in big trouble
	posted: May 15th		source: bostonglobe.com
	Money is tight. Competition is brutal. Are some New England colleges on the road to ruin? Heavily dependent on attracting regional students, colleges see a drop in area HS graduates, declining endowments & new competition from online/other cheaper alternatives. 25 Massachusetts colleges are still looking to fill the freshman class.
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
20 Vote for this story	Underminding Pell: How Colleges Compete for Wealthy Students & Leave the Low Income Behind
	posted: May 15th		source: higheredwatch.newamerica.net
	A new analysis of U.S. Department of Education data shows the "net price" – the amount students pay after all grant aid has been exhausted – shows that hundreds of public and private non-profit colleges expect the neediest students to pay an amount equal to or even more than their families' yearly earnings.
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	Member College News
19 Vote for this story	Six New Degrees at Embry-Riddle Meet Growing Needs in Aviation, Space, Global Business
	posted: May 15th		source: news.erau.edu
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Board of Trustees has approved six new undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the university’s Daytona Beach (FL), Prescott (AZ) and worldwide campuses, including undergraduate degrees in aviation security, commercial space operations and global business.
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	General College News
30 Vote for this story	When Helping Hurts - The Dangers of Helicopter Parenting
	posted: May 14th		source: nytimes.com
	Studies are finding that the more that college parents are involved in schoolwork and selection of college majors — that is, the more helicopter parenting they do — the less satisfied college students feel with their lives. Student grades suffer when there's too much dependence on mommy and daddy.
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	College Admissions News
19 Vote for this story	Seeking College Edge, Chinese Pupils Arrive in New York Earlier
	posted: May 14th		source: nytimes.com
	The children of Shanghai real estate magnates, shipping giants, luxury hotel owners & doctors from coastal regions bordering the East China Sea are part of a small, but growing, cadre of Chinese teenagers from wealthy families who are attending high school in New York City & elsewhere, hoping to improve their admissions chances at U.S. colleges.
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	Paying For College
24 Vote for this story	Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream
	posted: May 14th		source: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
	Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz predicts a crisis in student loan debt. The U.S. is unique among advanced industrialized countries in the cost of higher education (even at state schools) and in the financing burden placed on students & parents even though investing in "human capital" is the key to long-term economic growth.
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	Student Loan News
21 Vote for this story	Are student loans the next subprime disaster?
	posted: May 14th		source: money.msn.com
	The average debt load has grown by 30% in 5 years. Delinquencies rose by 22% in the same period. This spells trouble on many levels.
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	Student Loan News
21 Vote for this story	Thinking about ignoring your student loan debt? Think again
	posted: May 14th		source: thestarpress.com
	Once upon a time, there was a man who decided to stop repaying his student loan. His decision was understandable. On the 28th of every month, he would open his mailbox and see a $1,200 bill, an amount more than twice his parents’ mortgage.
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	Retirement Savings News
19 Vote for this story	Putting Family First, Retirement Last
	posted: May 14th		source: cnbc.com
	The "gender gap" in retirement savings may be explained, in part, by differing financial goals. While the top financial priority for men is to "maintain lifestyle in retirement," for women, the number one goal is to "not become a financial burden to loved ones," according to a 2012-2013 study by Prudential. But putting family first can be a setback to
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	Higher Ed and Washington
19 Vote for this story	U.S. Department of Education Proposes Eliminating ‘Mother, Father’ on Financial Aid Forms
	posted: May 14th		source: christiannews.net
	The United States Department of Education has announced its proposal to eliminate the use of the words ‘father’ and ‘mother’ on its financial aid forms.
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
19 Vote for this story	Student Financial Aid Forms to See Changes for 2014-15
	posted: May 14th		source: wtvy.com
	For the first time, students applying for federal financial aid won't be asked the name of their mother or father. Instead, the Department of Education is replacing the gender-specific terms with more generic ones officials said better reflect the changing nature of the American family.
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	College Savings News
20 Vote for this story	How College Savings Can Affect Financial Aid
	posted: May 14th		source: usnews.com
	Need-based financial aid awards for college don't just depend on a family's income. Students' eligibility for such aid could be decided in part by how much families have saved for their education, including in tax-advantaged 529 plan accounts.
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	Campus Finances
30 Vote for this story	Private college ‘tuition discount’ hits record high
	posted: May 14th		source: worldmag.com
	As worries about college costs rise, schools are forced to increase financial aid or face declining enrollment The gap between the sticker price for private college tuition and what students actually pay has hit a record high, according to a new study, suggesting that private colleges are losing the ability to raise prices at will after years of steady increases that vastly outpaced inflation.
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	Member College News
29 Vote for this story	Dominican U. of Ca. President Mary B. Marcy named one of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business”
	posted: May 14th		source: dominican.edu
	The annual list honors women executives who have risen to the highest positions in corporations, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. This is the second consecutive year President Marcy has been honored.
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	Member College News
29 Vote for this story	Concordia University Chicago President Announces Retirement in August 2013
	posted: May 14th		source: cuchicago.edu
	Concordia University Chicago president Dr. John F. Johnson has announced that he will step down from the presidency on August 16, 2013. “It has been my great privilege to lead Concordia-Chicago,” Johnson said. “I have been personally blessed to serve at this University during an exceptional period of growth and change.
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