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 		Data Reveal a Rise in College Degrees Among Americans
posted: Jun 13th   source: nytimes.com  
The number of Americans graduating from college has surged recently, sending the share with a college degree to a new high. Last year, 33.5% of Americans ages 25 to 29 had at least a bachelor’s degree - compared with 24.7% in 1995. More women are graduating than men. Massachusetts (48%) is the national leader; Nevada (20%) is the state with the lowest graduation rate.
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 		June College Checklist for Graduating Seniors
posted: Jun 6th   source: thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com  
The graduation invitations have been sent, and all that is left of high school may be giving handshakes, receiving diplomas and accepting well-deserved awards. Congratulations! You are on your way!
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 		5 things I wish someone had told me about college
posted: Jun 6th   source: usatodayeducate.com  
Looking back on my time at college, I have mixed feelings about how I operated as a student. When I was an undergrad, I was absolutely and positively convinced that my choices were the only right ones. Now I’m able to see that, if given the chance to do college over again, I would do a few things differently. These are five things I wish someone had told me about college.
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 		Salaries aren't measuring up to tuition costs for Pittsburgh graduates
posted: May 30th   source: post-gazette.com  
Between the economic recession, rising tuition costs and a bleak job outlook for recent graduates, some students and parents have begun to question whether college is worth the cost. A Seattle organization calculates that the return on investment for Pittsburgh-based higher education has been in decline since 2010.
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 		Recent College Graduates' Employment Outcomes Vary by Major, Study Finds
posted: May 30th   source: chronicle.com  
A Georgetown University center's latest research finds more evidence that majors matter, and that those who earn graduate degrees fare best of all.
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 		Opinion: Pros, cons of living alone at college
posted: May 30th   source: usatodayeducate.com  
To live alone, or not to live alone, that is the question. And it’s a really good question, too — one that should be given much thought.

During my first year of college, I lived in the dorms. It was a wonderful experience, but when my first year was over I decided an apartment off campus would be best for my sophomore year.
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 		Historically black colleges growing more diverse
posted: May 24th   source: philly.com  
Student enrollment at the nation's 105 historically black colleges and universities has become increasingly diverse - and is now 61% black, 18% multiracial & 10% white. Asian, foreign & Hispanic student enrollment is rising. But HBCUs face disappointing graduation rates - only 30% of entering freshman graduate in six years versus the 55% national average & a 37.5% African-American average.
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 		Misericordia University students presenting workshop at National Stuttering Association Convention
posted: May 20th   source: misericordia.edu  
Misericordia University speech-language pathology majors Midori Rodriguez of Stroudsburg, Pa., and Terrence Murgallis of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., are presenting their workshop, “Funding for Stuttering: How to Use Your State’s Vocational Rehabilitation Office to Pay for Services for People Who Stutter (PWS),’’ at the National Stuttering Association Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz., in July.
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 		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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 		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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 		How Cooper Union’s Endowment Failed in Its Mission
posted: May 11th   source: nytimes.com  
Poor results using hedge funds to manage the university's endowment is the primary reason that New York City's Cooper Union has announced plans to charge tuition (an estimated $20,000 a year), abandoning the free tuition policy that was industrialist Peter Cooper's legacy. The school's endowment was higher on 12/31/08 than it is today.
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 		College Graduates Fare Well in Jobs Market, Even Through Recession
posted: May 4th   source: nytimes.com  
Is college worth it? The April unemployment rate for college grads was 3.9% - versus 7.5% for the work force as a whole. Since Dec. 2007, employment has increased 9.1% for college grads - versus 0% (some college), -9% (HS grad, no college) & -14.1% (didn't finish HS). Brookings Institution calculates that the annual return-on-investment for a college degree is 15.2%!
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 		Prepare Teens for Summer College Prep Programs
posted: Apr 26th   source: usnews.com  
Pre-college summer programs often give teens a taste of the most attractive aspects of college life: dorm housing, challenging classes and a parent-free environment. While advisers and program directors help students navigate their new surroundings, there are ways parents can help high school students prepare for the experience before they ever set foot on campus.
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 		How private money is driving public education policy
posted: Apr 26th   source: washingtonpost.com  
In this era of school reform, private foundations and wealthy philanthropists have used their money to play a big role in helping to shape public education state and federal policy. Here’s an interesting piece that describes the history of such giving and considers whether it is a good idea.
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 		How to Assess the Real Payoff of a College Degree
posted: Apr 25th   source: chronicle.com  
Just listen to Dimitrius Graham sing. His voice soars up and down the scale like a bird carried on the wind. As a music major at Morgan State University, he seems keenly aware of certain realities about his life: His talent is undeniable and probably innate, and his future is promising but uncertain. He could make a career singing on Broadway or climbing the charts as a Billboard phenomenon. Or he could spend years...
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 		Two Cheers for Web U!
posted: Apr 24th   source: nytimes.com  
When it comes to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), like those offered by Coursera, Udacity and edX, you can forget about the Socratic method. The professor is out of students’ reach - only slightly more accessible than the pope. It's free (now) and convenient, but forget professor-student interaction.
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 		Accountability loophole closing for Penn State, Temple
posted: Apr 23rd   source: philly.com  
A much-maligned loophole in Pennsylvania’s Open Records Law may soon be closed.

The House State Government Committee approved a bill Monday afternoon to end the right-to-know exceptions for Pennsylvania’s four so-called “state-related” universities – Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple and Lincoln. The bill moves to the full House for a vote that could come as soon as Wednesday.
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185
 		Questioning the Mission of College
posted: Apr 21st   source: nytimes.com  
How do we evaluate performance of colleges? Do we want our marquee state universities to behave more like job-training centers, judged by the number of students they speed toward degrees, the percentage of those students who quickly land good-paying jobs and the thrift with which all of this is accomplished?
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 		Blasts at Boston Marathon Prompt Colleges Across the U.S. to Consider Increased Security
posted: Apr 18th   source: chronicle.com  
Owen Yardley was sitting in a room full of security officials on Monday when he and a colleague received nearly simultaneous alerts on their cellphones notifying them of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
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 		Where Do You Want to Go to College?
posted: Apr 17th   source: learning.blogs.nytimes.com  
Where do you want to go to college? Why? Or, if you have alternative plans, what do you want to do after high school?
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