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1. Maybe Not the Cruelest Month on the Admissions Calendar, but a Hectic One - http://nyti.ms/aTepQr

‎"For many high school seniors, this describes a single month: October. This is the month of deadlines and dreams, late-night drafts and early-morning regrets, the month of essay revisions and – in some cases – SAT retakes. While observing a senior class to research a book on admissions, I was amazed by the confluence of pressures in October. Even as parents lament the increased stress, they ratchet up the stress by constantly nattering about it."

2. How 'Difficult' Parents Look from the Counselor's Side of the Desk - http://nyti.ms/aSNQhR

‎"The two counselors said they had identified four categories of involved mothers and fathers: Helicopter parents who hover around their children and offer too much help; Rolls-Royce parents who demand the absolute best for their children; Subway parents who lurk underground “and surface at the most awkward times, asking the most peculiar questions”; and Junker parents who let personal dramas subsume their child’s college quest."

3. A Daughter Relocates 2,500 Miles Away, and a Mother Flies Home, Alone - http://nyti.ms/9cp9q2

"There are few statistics on how often, or how many, students choose to go to school far from home. In a 2006 U.C.L.A. survey of college freshmen, 56 percent of the students said they were going to school within 100 miles of home."

4. Community Colleges' Day in the Sun - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/9IRwuy

“In just a decade, we’ve fallen from first to ninth in the proportion of young people with college degrees,” Obama said. “That not only represents a huge waste of potential in the global marketplace, it represents a threat to our position as the world’s leading economy. As far as I’m concerned, America does not play for second place, and we certainly don’t play for ninth. So I’ve set a goal: By 2020, America will once again lead the world in producing college graduates. And I believe community colleges will play a huge part in meeting this goal, by producing an additional 5 million degrees and certificates in the next 10 years.”

5. Praise But No Cash - Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/jYKHupx

"The administration has taken massive action for higher education, including more than doubling funding from $16 to $34 billion for Pell Grants, the major aid for students like those at community colleges. Attention is not funding, but I admit that the White House today sent word of what community colleges can do throughout the land. Jill Biden, professor at Northern Virginia Community College and wife of the vice president, said as she has before that community colleges are “the best-kept secret” in the United States. Introducing President Obama, Dr. Biden said, “With the President of the United States shining the light on community colleges, I think that secret is out.” I agree. . . . At the summit, no one I heard asked for the money back. That’s the $12 billion for community colleges that vaporized out of budget legislation this year, shortchanging the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and six million students, half the nation’s undergraduates."

6. The Worst U.S. College Crime Areas (INFOGRAPHIC) http://huff.to/9hkdu1 Huffpost -

Which Ohio universities are on this list?

7. San Francisco Creates College Accounts for Kindergartners http://t.co/pyEp7OM via @educationweek

‎"The city will automatically open a savings account for parents when their children start kindergarten and deposit $50 for most students and $100 for those from lower-income families. The families will be provided with the account number so they can also make deposits. The philanthropic community will help boost the college savings accounts by making deposits as the program rolls out. EARN, a local nonprofit, has committed to match the first $100 parents add to their child's account. Others will plan to make other matches and incentives available later. Citibank is helping the city launch the program, with 1,200 accounts to be opened for children this year. The program starts with the kindergarten classes of 18 schools this year and is expected to be in every San Francisco public school by 2012."