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Community Colleges

Recession Sending More Students to Community Colleges

College freshman Elizabeth Hebert’s choice of a four-year school suddenly got too expensive.

February 9, 2009

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Campus Concierge

Sweats the Small Stuff

November 26, 2008

Latinx

A Culture of Family And College

As Hispanic women balance family values and responsibilities with the ambition to attend college, admissions counselors are providing them with culturally sensitive retention tools.

October 29, 2008

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Baylor Backs Off Plan Offering Perks to Retake SAT

Baylor University, facing sharp criticism for paying already-admitted students to retake the SAT and try to boost their scores, said Thursday it “goofed” and would probably end the practice.

October 16, 2008

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Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

Acommission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size-fits-all” approach for the use of standardized tests does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

October 15, 2008

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Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

A commission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size fits all” approach for the use of standardized test does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

September 22, 2008

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Education Department Expands Web Site to Promote College-going Culture

Soon, aspiring college students will use a federal Web site to share their goals and dreams for higher education.

September 15, 2008

Students

Fostering an Inclusive Environment

Leaders at Cal Poly Pomona aim to create an inclusive environment for undocumented students, first by creating an AB 540 liaison.

May 28, 2008

Community Colleges

Pilot Program to Link Community Colleges with UNH Expanded

A pilot program that makes it easier and cheaper for community college students to transfer to the University of New Hampshire is being expanded statewide.

March 16, 2008

Community Colleges

New Hampshire Pilot Articulation Initiative Rolled Out Statewide

A pilot program that makes it easier and cheaper for community college students to transfer to the University of New Hampshire is being expanded statewide.

March 12, 2008

Students

Who Are For-Profit Colleges Serving, And at What Cost?

In August 2007, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education published a story by Paul Ruffins entitled, “The Secrets Behind Their Success,” about ways in which for-profit colleges serve minority, low-income and other traditionally underserved populations.

December 26, 2007

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Choice of Major can Affect Whether Students Gets in College

CLEMSON S.C. If you’re planning to go to Clemson and you want to be an architect or a nurse, better cross your fingers. Those are two of the school’s most popular majors and they have limited spaces available, said Clemson admissions director Robert Barkley.

November 18, 2007