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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Tuition Costs and Financial Aid Up

In a report released by the College Board on Wednesday, tuition costs rose slightly faster than the Consumer Price Index while students received more financial aid than ever. Lest you think that the financial aid numbers indicate students encumbering less debt, the average amount of student borrowing is also going up.

Check out the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/education/30college.html?ref=education

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Finding Higher Education at Lower Prices

As tuition for private colleges and universities sky rockets, many students are turning to high competitive state universities that deliver value for their dollar. Take SUNY Binghamton, for example, where the tuition (including room and board) is a mere $16,452. Kiplinger's ranks this SUNY school as its #1 school in terms of value. That translates into roughly a 50% increase in applications to the school, making it more competitive than ever.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/26towns.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

Monday, October 20, 2008

Baylor Pays Students to Retake SAT

Late Tuesday night, the Faculty Senate of Baylor University in Waco, TX passed a motion criticizing the Admissions office initiative to pay incoming Freshman to retake the SATs in hopes of improving the incoming scores. If students raised their score by 50 points or more, they received $1,000 merit scholarship aid; for simply retaking the test, they received a $300 credit towards books.

Check out the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/education/16baylor.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

Thursday, October 16, 2008

No Child Faltering Even Solid Schools

Many schools in California have been hitting their federally mandated target since 2002, but this year worked out a little differently: the schools were asked to increase the proficiency levels in each group by 11%. Across the nation, more schools are failing to meet No Child's testing standards this year than any previous years.

Check out the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/education/13child.html?ref=education

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Standardized Tests Study Draws Large Crowd at NACAC

It was standing room only at the annual conference of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) for William R. Fitzsimmons presentation on the use of Standardized Testing in College Admissions. Mr. Fitzsimmons, the dean of admissions at Harvard, was commissioned by NACAC to lead this study of the SAT's and ACT's role in the college admissions process.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/education/29admissions.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=education