What about the bright ones who don t apply?
Times Online - Frissons of horror have been running up and down the middle-class spine since Ucas, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, announced that it would be asking about parental education on university application forms from next year. Well

News Features
Eastbourne Today - He said it can be future-shaping. “I saw a university application form written by somebody who had volunteered and that experience had completely formed his next step. “He developed an idea to move into medicine specifically to work with disabled

Will universities exclude middle classes?
BBC News - Certain newspapers, fond of frightening their school fee-paying readership, went to town over the announcement that university application forms will, from 2008, include optional questions asking whether applicants’ parents have a university degree

The Earliest Early Admissions
Inside Higher Ed - His NACAC committee is in charge of revising the organization s Statement of Principles of Good Practice. The committee is currently proposing that all college and university application deadlines be no earlier than October 15 each year, and that

I. SUMMARY
Human Rights Watch - Palestinian Arab students who stay in school perform less well on national examinations, especially the matriculation examinations ( bagrut )–the prerequisite for a high school diploma and university application. Others are weeded out by a

Most varsity cheats are Chinese
Electric New Paper - Meanwhile, thousands of British students have been cheating on their university application forms, reported The Telegraph. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) said one in 20 candidates copied material from websites when writing

The Earliest Early Admissions
Inside Higher Ed - His NACAC committee is in charge of revising the organization s Statement of Principles of Good Practice. The committee is currently proposing that all college and university application deadlines be no earlier than October 15 each year, and that

US State Department’s 2006 Report on Human Rights Practices in Iran
Payvand Iran News - U.S. State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, released the 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on March 6, 2007 . The following is the full text of the Iran country report. The Islamic Republic of Iran, with a

News Features
Eastbourne Today - He said it can be future-shaping. “I saw a university application form written by somebody who had volunteered and that experience had completely formed his next step. “He developed an idea to move into medicine specifically to work with disabled

Too many graduates, too many universities?
Scotsman - Principal accuses universities of cramming in students despite job chances Scottish universities insist the economy needs more graduates for growth Study shows 15% of graduates not in graduate-level employment Key quote “Research does not indicate

The real reason you didn’t win a Rhodes scholarship 
Michigan Daily - Mar 20 11:58 PM
If you have your heart set on becoming a Rhodes Scholar, the first thing you should do is transfer to Yale. As soon as you arrive in New Haven, you’ll want to go directly to the Yale office of International Education and Fellowship Programs, located at 55 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn.Save

The Textured Text: the stories we tell ourselves 
Carolinian - Mar 23 12:55 PM
Matthew Brookoff, a third year graduate student of Choreography, will present his culminating MFA thesis concert in the UNCG Dance Theatre on March 23-24 at 8 p.m. The title of the evening is The Textured Text: the stories we tell ourselves, and consists of three dance works of varying content and message.Save

Admissions Jockeying Starts Earlier in New York
New York Times - The college application process was not hard, said Sandra Echols, a Harlem resident and graduate student with three children applying to new schools for next fall her older son to college, her daughter to middle school and her younger son

Colgate’s ‘gatelife blog receives some international recognition
Colgate University - So far, the story seems to have generated some buzz; she has heard from several juniors and seniors from her high school and other Romanian institutions asking for advice on the American college application process. Viata Libera is also clamoring for

More parents prepay tuition
Everett Herald - Tynan Peacock, 5, is finishing kindergarten at Penny Creek Elementary School in Everett. High school graduation is a long way off, much less the college application process. But his parents aren’t waiting. In a few months, Tynan will already have a

Getting Ready Early
KPLC TV - Preparing early-on in high school will help you get a jump start on the competition! Your High School Performance Make your high school grades and extracurriculars shine while in high school because they really count in the college application

States Give Failing Grade to Graduation Rates
WAFF - Vesper describes the initiative as an “early intervention program” since it works with kids years before they enter the college-application process to get them the tutoring, mentoring, and course work needed to be successful in college. Oklahoma

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Allegany school board OKs bids for Community TV Channel
Cumberland Times-News - Students are also concerned about guidance counselors having enough time to process transcripts and other college application-related materials, Coffman told the board. Coffman said she understand that counselors are now required to meet with every

Success in the eyes of a teenager
Black Press USA - He can also put this recognition on his resume and college application. This honor roll student attends Bishop Dunne Catholic School, where he received the Bishop Award. The highest award any student can achieve. Christopher was the only African

Admissions Jockeying Starts Earlier in New York
New York Times - The college application process was not hard, said Sandra Echols, a Harlem resident and graduate student with three children applying to new schools for next fall her older son to college, her daughter to middle school and her younger son

School remembers fallen coach as friend, mentor
Newsday - Also the boys soccer coach, Petrocelli was a guidance counselor, helping students with the college application process, among other duties. School officials said assistant coach Tom Magno would step in for the remainder of the Spartans’ season. The

New community scholarship program can aid Rochester students of all stripes 
Rochester Eccentric - Mar 18 4:05 AM
Some donors want to benefit the average student who has a winning attitude, a strong work ethic or who has overcome obstacles.Save

Aspiring students evaluate SAT option 
The Daily Times - Mar 12 1:40 AM
SALISBURY — Indian River High School senior Jenna Truitt waited with heavy anticipation for her Salisbury University acceptance letter to arrive. Truitt applied at the early decision deadline in December in hopes of bettering her chances to make it into her top school.Save

Oil City student proposes alternative to Senior Project 
The Derrick - Feb 28 8:40 PM
Ben Garbacz tells the board some elements of the project should be canned and others refined. An Oil City High School student turned the tables on the Oil City school board earlier this week by suggesting the district should revamp a prerequisite for graduation - the Senior Project.Save

Gates Foundation to Give D.C. Students Push to College 
Washington Post - Mar 22 3:40 AM
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will announce today a $122 million investment to create a new crop of high school and college scholars among some of the city’s poorest and lowest-achieving students. It is the foundation’s largest investment to date in D.C. education and one of the largest grants it has made for education…. Save

Hathaway changes means students have to plan 
Billings Gazette - Mar 11 11:39 PM
CASPER - Eighth-grader Corey Millburn of Casper now knows he will have to take tougher classes if he wants to be eligible for Wyoming’s Hathaway Scholarship program when he graduates from high school in four years. Although for some graduation seems a …Save

Bill would require students to complete college application before graduating Readers asked to give opinions by … 
Camden Herald - Mar 11 10:53 PM
AUGUSTA A proposed new law aims to put more Maine high school students on a path to higher education.Save

Anonymous donor to pay for seniors’ college applications 
Boston Globe - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
Thanks to a $17,000 gift from an anonymous donor, every senior at Morse High School next year will have the money for a college application, making it the latest Maine school to mandate or strongly encourage postsecondary school applications.Save

Student web cheats caught out by ‘pyjama inspiration’
This is London - Students who copied university application forms from the internet have been caught out after hundreds used the identical phrase “burning a hole in my pyjamas”. Stock phrases such as “a fascination for how the human body works” are being routinely

Will universities exclude middle classes?
BBC News - Certain newspapers, fond of frightening their school fee-paying readership, went to town over the announcement that university application forms will, from 2008, include optional questions asking whether applicants’ parents have a university degree

Most varsity cheats are Chinese
Electric New Paper - Meanwhile, thousands of British students have been cheating on their university application forms, reported The Telegraph. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) said one in 20 candidates copied material from websites when writing

Too many graduates, too many universities?
Scotsman - Principal accuses universities of cramming in students despite job chances Scottish universities insist the economy needs more graduates for growth Study shows 15% of graduates not in graduate-level employment Key quote “Research does not indicate

The Earliest Early Admissions
Inside Higher Ed - His NACAC committee is in charge of revising the organization s Statement of Principles of Good Practice. The committee is currently proposing that all college and university application deadlines be no earlier than October 15 each year, and that

COMPASS POINTS
Navy Compass - Submit letters of recommendation, a typed goals statement, and provide evidence of acceptance for Fall 2007 by an accredited college or university. Application deadline is May 1. For more information on eligibility or to obtain an application, contact

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Features for the Fall 2005 College Application Season A unique methodology bolstered by improved functionality allows students to find the colleges that are best matched to their personalities and helps them navigate the complex college application

College Process Calendar (Junior-Senior Year)
La Raza - Summer opportunities can enhance your overall college application and give you interesting material to write about in the application essays. May Junior Year Continue to evaluate your list of colleges and universities. Eliminate colleges from

WHAT’S HAPPENING
Leaf Chronicle - The free seminar is to be presented by the Clarksville chapter of the Tennessee State University National Alumni Association. It will cover college and athletics, survival tips for graduation, the scholarship and college application process and more.

Why the SATs don’t make the grade
NorthJersey.com - With my third and last child waiting to hear from the colleges he applied to in January, I consider myself a veteran of the college application process. And I agree with Michele Tolela Myers, the president of Sarah Lawrence College, who has put

Ice dancers
Dearborn Press & Guide - DEARBORN - Imagine spending hours and hours perfecting a craft, and not getting any recognition for it. Imagine filling out a college application that asks about high school participation, and not having an officially recognized response. Such is the

New community scholarship program can aid Rochester students of all stripes 
Rochester Eccentric - Mar 18 4:05 AM
Some donors want to benefit the average student who has a winning attitude, a strong work ethic or who has overcome obstacles.Save

Aspiring students evaluate SAT option 
The Daily Times - Mar 12 1:40 AM
SALISBURY — Indian River High School senior Jenna Truitt waited with heavy anticipation for her Salisbury University acceptance letter to arrive. Truitt applied at the early decision deadline in December in hopes of bettering her chances to make it into her top school.Save