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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

187. MVCAP fyi

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1. Party ejection led to Ohio frat house shooting, police say - http://bit.ly/f1lMHP #cnn

"Six of the 11 people hurt in the shooting were students. The injured ranged in age from 17 to 31, Youngstown Police Chief Jimmy Hughes said."

2. Why government must rein in for-profits colleges, by Benjamin Todd Jealous and Marian Wright Edelman - http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-02-08-jealous07_ST_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip: http://usat.ly/dTBjeb

"The worst offenders target low-income people — many of them people of color, often the first in their families to seek higher education — who are struggling to gain new skills and find scarce jobs."

3. Happily, Bryn Mawr Wins in a Coin Toss, by Hannah Smith - http://nyti.ms/fb0CfV

"In truth, I liked Smith, Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke exactly the same, and although they differed slightly, each one bore the prestigious title of “Seven Sisters.” (Holyoke, by the way, was “heads” in that coin toss.)"

4. Most New York Graduates Are Ill Prepared, Data Show, by Sharon Otterman - http://nyti.ms/eJsu5I

"But New York City is still doing better than the state’s other large urban districts. In Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, less than 17 percent of students met the proposed standards, including just 5 percent in Rochester."

5. Why Kids Bully: Because They're Popular, by Belinda Luscombe - http://t.co/0HIHzL7 via @TIMEHealthland

"Contrary to accepted ruffian-scholarship, the more popular a middle- or high-school kid becomes, the more central to the social network of the school, the more aggressive the behavior he or she engages in. At least, that was the case in North Carolina, where students from 19 middle and high schools were studied for 4.5 years by researchers at the University of California-Davis."

6. Financial aid doesn't mean free, by Pat Restaino - NorthJersey.com http://t.co/Psbh1P1 via @NorthJerseybrk

‎"First, you file the FAFSA. After you file, you'll receive a Student Aid Report (SAR). The SAR includes your Expected Family Contribution (EFC), which is the amount of money your family is expected to contribute to the cost of attending college. Each school listed on your FAFSA will receive a copy of your SAR. Schools use the SAR to determine if you're eligible for federal student aid, as well as the type of aid package you'll receive. After you're accepted, the college will send an "Award Letter," which spells out the type of financial aid you can expect.
Financial aid packages will vary from one school to another school, so don't be surprised by any differences. Now you can easily compare the cost of attending one institution versus another. How much aid a family receives from a college is often the primary factor when it comes to choosing a school, especially in a slow economy."

7. Countdown to college: Don't procrastinate, juniors, by Lee Bierer - http://www.sacbee.com/2011/02/07/3383001/countdown-to-college-dont-procrastinate.html#

"Calling all families with high school juniors: time to get started on the college admissions process--don't procrastinate. The good news is it's not too late. Here's a primer on what you should be thinking about over the next several months:"

8. College Admissions: The 7 Hottest Colleges, by Cristiana Quinn: http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/6450/

"So, what were the hottest schools this year? Columbia applications surged 32%. Dartmouth was up 18%. UPENN and Harvard saw a 15% increase. Yale increased 5%. Brown and Princeton received 3% more apps. Among the Ivy League, only Cornell saw a decline in applications, with a minimal decrease of 1%."

9. Students Negatively Impacted by Strained Financial Aid Offices – American Consumer News: http://t.co/J9k9Xw6 via @ConsumerFeed

‎"The survey—fielded in October 2010—demonstrated that 9 in 10 of the more than 1,000 responding NASFAA members reported having fewer resources to dedicate to critical student services that promote college access, success, and successful student loan repayment. Services feeling the pinch included face-to-face counseling, extra attention for target student populations and outreach efforts."

10. Bridging the Achievement Gap: The Importance of Words, by Reginald Richardson - Bed-Stuy, NY Patch: http://t.co/Ik8m5bT

"The best thing that any parent can do to make sure that his or her child is not on the wrong side of the academic achievement gap is to power up their own vocabulary. According to a 2001 study by George Farkas, a sociologist at Penn State University, children who grow up poor or close to being poor, were adversely affected by their parent’s vocabulary deficit."

11. Ravens' Michael Oher tells his side in memoir, by Deirdre Donahue - http://usat.ly/hZMTTX via @USATODAY

"Most of all, he wants his book to reach the more than 500,000 American children in foster care, and the millions more living in homes where dreams never come true and few beat the odds because of poverty, crime, drugs and despair. Kids just like the young Oher, back when he called the Memphis housing project Hurt Village home. Or when he lived in shelters. Or in a car, or under a bridge."

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