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NACAC Issues First Report on Best Colleges Rankings (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on November 18, 2010 By rohit

The National Association for College Admission Counseling surveyed its members on attitudes toward U.S.

Student body president in CA is illegal immigrant (AP)

Published on November 18, 2010 By rohit

FRESNO, Calif. – The popular student body president at California State University, Fresno has publicly revealed a personal detail he long sought to keep secret: He is an illegal immigrant

Calif man accused of ramming bus pleads not guilty (AP)

Published on November 17, 2010 By

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A man accused of intentionally ramming his car head-on into a school bus in Southern California has pleaded not guilty.

Minn. Catholic school deletes student editorials (AP)

Published on November 17, 2010 By

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Study: 30 private college presidents made more than $1 million (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published on November 16, 2010 By rohit

Parents struggling with high tuition bills might be fuming when they look at the list of the top-paid presidents of private colleges and universities. The annual analysis of tax records by the Chronicle of Higher Education found 30 top executives – out of the 448 institutions the Chronicle surveyed – received a total compensation of more than $1 million in 2008

With divided Congress, tough road for ed reform (AP)

Published on November 16, 2010 By

The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the Top competition. But none of the major initiatives pushed by President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been bipartisan. Most were approved through large spending bills that Republicans opposed

Top-Selling Pulse App Goes Free as College Project Matures (Mashable)

Published on November 16, 2010 By

Alphonso Labs, makers of the popular Pulse mobile apps for social news consumption, is making available its iPhone, iPad and Android apps free of charge as of today. The decision marks a major pivot as the product transitions from a college dream to a formal business.

Court OKs NH law allowing ‘God’ pledge in schools (AP)

Published on November 16, 2010 By rohit

BOSTON – A federal appeals court has upheld a New Hampshire law requiring schools to authorize a time each day for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, finding the oath’s reference to God doesn’t violate the students’ constitutional rights. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Friday affirmed a ruling by a federal judge who found students can use the phrase “under God” when reciting the pledge

US sees jump in overseas students: official (AFP)

Published on November 16, 2010 By

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A record 690,923 international students are studying at colleges and universities in the United States, with a greater influx of students from China, the US State Department said Monday. The international student roll for the 2009-2010 academic year was three percent higher than the previous year.

8 Big Changes to College Admissions in 2010 and 2011 (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on November 15, 2010 By rohit

Colleges, swamped by applications from increasingly anxious high schoolers, are changing their admissions rules to weed out applicants who try to game the system by getting easy A’s or plagiarizing their essays. Interviews with admissions officers at some of the nation’s most popular colleges reveal recent and important shifts in the weighting of traditional admission factors