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Thursday, February 3, 2011

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1. How federal spending cuts trickle down to you, by Charles Riley - http://t.co/G8Pf7VK via @CNNMoney

"Take, for example, the Department of Education. It made $36 billion in grants and other payments to states in fiscal year 2008 -- before the Recovery Act kicked in -- according to the Census Bureau. . . . Once the funds make their way from the Education Department to state and local governments, they are used to fund special education, vocational, English language acquisition and adult literacy programs."

2. High Enrollers, by Steve Holowich - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/hpanE4

"In fall 2009, during one of the most devastating years of the current financial crisis, 7.1 percent more students enrolled in college than had the previous fall, according to data released Wednesday by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). And while all types of institutions -- public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit -- saw a bump, for-profit institutions easily outpaced the other sectors, growing their rolls by nearly 25 percent and their revenues by 21 percent, the federal study found."

3. Slip-Sliding Away: An Anxious Public Talks about Today's Economy and the American Dream - http://j.mp/gJnRS0

"Not surprisingly, the struggling are dramatically more worried about their financial well-being. Fully 77 percent of the struggling who are also parents say they're "very worried" about paying for their child's college education."

4. Honesty on Application Essays, by Scott Anderson - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/egYvh9

"When I received Dean Blackburn’s invitation to join the university’s first-year class, what I could not see was the unwritten acknowledgment hidden between the lines of his gracious welcome: I was admitted in spite of my writing, not because of it."

5. Pathways To Prosperity Report: Students Need More Paths To Career Success - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/02/pathways-to-prosperity-re_n_817374.html

‎"What I fear is the continuing problem of too many kids dropping by the wayside and the other problem of kids going into debt, and going into college but not completing with a degree or certificate," said Robert Schwartz, who heads the project and is academic dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education."


"Below, check out the top five colleges and universities in the large, medium and small categories, and see how many of their grads are currently serving. The Peace Corps (PDF) has additional rankings. Did your school make the cut? Let us know in the comments section."

7. 25 Universities With the Worst Graduation Rates, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/5M61cEC

"I’d argue that what these schools do excel at is producing students who end up leaving college with no degree, but lots of student debt and that’s disgraceful."

8. One College Applicant Puts Her Testing Gripes On Film, by Eric Hoover: http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/one-college-applicant-puts-her-testing-gripes-on-film/27821

"Mr. Kauffmann says he and his daughter hope the film will convince students and parents that admissions entrance exams are “unfair, biased, and illogical.” To that end, the Kauffmanns have started an online petition urging colleges to stop using the ACT and SAT."

9. What the NFL Can Teach Teachers, by Andrew J. Rotherham - reading from @time Super Bowl School: http://bit.ly/glOXDo

"We evaluate everything. When we start training camp, we watch every practice with the players, and at the end of the day, we give a numeric grade to each player, so two practices a day means two grades. During the regular season, we don't grade practice but grade every play of every game. We grade on technique, and we grade on production. Players have each other's grades in front of them as we go through this."

10. 8 subtle ways to prepare middle schoolers for college, by Jay Mathews - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2011/02/8_sneaky_ways_to_ready_middle.html

‎"I have asked several college admissions and education experts about positive steps that middle-school parents can take. Some of the ideas don’t sound like college prep at all, but they are. If you help a preteen get ready for life, there will be some preparation for college in there somewhere. Here are eight suggestions:"





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