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	Campus Finances
20 Vote for this story	Colleges deal with overbooked freshman classes
	posted: Sep 5th		source: usatoday.com
	Colleges experiencing larger-than-expected freshman enrollments are scrambling to relieve overcrowding in dorms, classrooms, cafeterias and elsewhere. Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina closed its freshman admissions in July and asked faculty to teach extra courses after projecting the freshman class would break its 2005 record of 1,083 by hundreds.
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	General College News
19 Vote for this story	Police crack down on Lehigh University partiers, make 74 arrests in two weekends
	posted: Sep 5th		source: lehighvalleylive.com
	The 63 alcohol-related arrests Bethlehem police have made since classes began at Lehigh University are either an argument for or against lowering the drinking age, depending on how you look at the issue.
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	General College News
20 Vote for this story	Liberal arts tweaked for careers
	posted: Sep 5th		source: usatoday.com
	Longtime Middlebury College economics professor Michael Claudon should have been ecstatic. More and more students at the quintessential Vermont liberal arts school — nearly 1 in 6 — had picked his department as a major.
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	Higher Education Legislation News
20 Vote for this story	Your Tax Dollars at Work
	posted: Sep 5th		source: insidehighered.com
	Colleges are under a lot of pressure and scrutiny — from parents, legislators and Congress, among others — about how ably and quickly they respond to emergencies. To the extent they fall short and need help, though, it tends to be in how they get the word out to students in times of trouble and how capably they respond to tragedies. Finding out about the impending crisis — a terrorist threat, an environmental... (more)
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	College Savings News
27 Vote for this story	Laptops and 529s are a gray area in tax law
	posted: Sep 5th		source: dailybreeze.com
	Q uestion: Can we take a laptop purchased for our son as a legitimate expense from a 529 college plan? Answer: Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code permits parents (among others) to put money aside in special state-sponsored savings plans for a child's "qualified higher education expenses."
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	Campus Finances
31 Vote for this story	U.S. Colleges Stumped by Fraudulent Applications
	posted: Sep 5th		source: businessweek.com
	A letter hummed through on the fax machine at New York University's English department last May. It was a recommendation by Ernest Gilman praising a freshman who was attempting to transfer to Georgetown University and who had earned an A in Gilman's NYU literature course on antiquity and the renaissance. But Gilman was shocked to see a letter he had never written for a student he had never known. In 35 years of... (more)
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	General College News
24 Vote for this story	How to survive your first college roommate
	posted: Sep 5th		source: blogs.usatoday.com
	If the separation anxiety isn't enough, teens headed to university have to face a scary fact: They've got no choice in a first-year college roommate. But that doesn't have to spell dorm doom, according to a study from University of Michigan researchers.
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	General College News
44 Vote for this story	TSU rolls out fall Cinema Sampler
	posted: Sep 4th		source: trine.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—Trine University's free fall film series, Cinema Sampler, will run on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Fabiani Theatre beginning Sept. 11. The public is invited to the screenings of classic and new films.
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	General College News
40 Vote for this story	Trine ups exam passing rate, tops national average
	posted: Sep 3rd		source: trine.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—Trine University engineering majors taking the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) in April improved their passing percentage and topped the national passing average for engineering students taking the test nationwide.
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	General College News
53 Vote for this story	Colleges push back against RIAA's methods
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: eschoolnews.com
	Administrators and IT chiefs at public universities nationwide say the recording industry's search for students accused of online piracy is cutting into their faculty's work day. In recent months, some universities have refused to forward "pre-litigation" letters to students offering them a settlement to avoid further legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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	Member College News
44 Vote for this story	Ripon College gives freshmen free bikes for no-car pledges
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: jsonline.com
	Wauwatosa West High School graduate Cameron Collier wasn’t sure whether to bring a car with him for his freshman year at Ripon College, but a brochure from the school sealed the deal with an offer he couldn’t refuse. To save parking spots and go green, the 1,000-student college offered incoming freshmen a brand-new Trek 820 mountain bike, a Trek Vapor helmet and a Master Lock U-Lock - all to keep - if they pledged... (more)
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
50 Vote for this story	Lack of loans for tuition puts students in bind
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: pittsburghlive.com
	Anxiety about paying for school plagues University of Pittsburgh undergraduate Kate Kelley -- and she's far from the only one. Like many students throughout the country, Kelley, 21, a senior majoring in biology and history of art from Beaver Falls, had to change her student loan lender earlier this summer.
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	Paying For College
49 Vote for this story	Paying for college without tears
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: investmentnews.com
	It is possible to help children pay for college without sacrificing retirement savings, but it takes planning and creative thinking, said Timothy Higgins, a certified financial planner. Mr. Higgins, an adviser with CollegePlus.com in Marlborough, Mass., said that there are strategies that parents can use to send their children to college that won't force them to eat into their entire retirement nest egg. (more)
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	Campus Finances
54 Vote for this story	Money tight, loans scarce, some do college in 3 years
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: boston.com
	For most students, college is a four-year rite of passage - a time to dabble in multiple subjects before settling on a major or a chance to spend a semester abroad - with frat parties sprinkled in between. That's a luxury some students say they can no longer afford.
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	General College News
61 Vote for this story	Guest commentary: A few good reasons to enroll in a private college
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: sacbee.com
	Some of the most highly rated colleges in the United States are private or independent schools. This column has heralded the value of public education in California in recent months, but many terrific private and independent colleges in our state deserve a serious look. The first thing parents notice about a private college is the cost. Private colleges are often two or three times more expensive than those in the... (more)
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	Student Loan Industry
55 Vote for this story	Students may get loan help soon
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: news.bostonherald.com
	The head of the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority is “hopeful” that the authority can soon sell about $400 million in bonds so it can provide student loans to state residents. The state-created agency - which earlier this summer said it couldn’t immediately offer its popular low-interest loans due to turmoil in the financial markets - has issued a “preliminary offering statement” seeking market... (more)
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	Retirement Savings News
55 Vote for this story	Borrowing from retirement accounts a costly mistake
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: thecherrycreeknews.com
	The current housing crisis and other economic woes are taking their toll on people's wallets. Caught between escalating mortgage payments and rising fuel and food costs, many folks are having difficulty paying their bills. Not so long ago, some people probably would've just taken out a home equity loan, but with property values plummeting, their equity may already be exhausted – not to mention, those loans are now... (more)
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	General College News
69 Vote for this story	SAT stays at lowest levels in nearly a decade
	posted: Sep 2nd		source: eschoolnews.com
	For a second straight year, SAT scores for the most recent high school graduating class remained at their lowest levels in nearly a decade--a trend some attribute to a higher volume and a less elite population of students now taking the exam. The 1.52 million students who took the test represent a slight increase from last year but a jump of nearly 30 percent over the past decade. Minority students accounted for... (more)
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	General College News
139 Vote for this story	Faculty members join Trine University
	posted: Aug 28th		source: trine.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—Eleven people have joined the Trine University faculty for fall semester 2008.
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	General College News
153 Vote for this story	Trine enrollment up on all fronts
	posted: Aug 26th		source: trine.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—Trine University has increased enrollment at its main and branch campuses and will house a larger resident student population this fall.
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