295. Summer College News

Here are some links to today's stories

about college access and success.

by

Joe Rottenborn

Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)

1. Read The Joe Rottenborn Daily ▸ today's top stories via @rottenbornj ▸ http://t.co/UftEiOc

2. Students to feel pinch in debt deal, by Jennifer Liberto - http://t.co/ebcu35s via @CNNMoney - "As part of the savings to trim the deficits, Congress would scrap a special kind of federal loan for graduate students. So-called subsidized student loans don't charge students any interest on the principal of student loans until six months after students graduated.Congress would also nix a special credit for all students who make 12 months of on-time loan payments.The changes would take place July 1, 2012.For taxpayers, the savings taken from the pockets of students will total $21.6 billion over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office."

3. Kids bound for college; what's a parent to do? by Kim Painter - http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/teen-ya/story/2011/08/Kids-bound-for-college-whats-a-parent-to-do/49759756/1 - "Many parents know how she feels. Their child's summer between high school graduation and a college life away from home is ending — and so is a chapter in their family's story. . . . Here are a few ways for parents to help themselves and their children prepare, even in these final days:"

4. Student Lending's Failing Grade, by Christian Deritis - http://image.exct.net/lib/fefb127575640d/m/2/Student+Lendings+Failing+Grade.pdf -"Unless students limit their debt burdens, choose fields of study that are in demand, and successfully complete their degrees on time, they will find themselves in worse financial positions and unable to earn the projectedincome that justified taking out their loans in the first place."

5. Ohio U. Is Named No. 1 Party School by Princeton Review, by Molly Redden - http://chronicle.com/article/Another-Year-Another-Top/128464/ - "Like their Greek forebears, students at Ohio University in Athens know how to party—at least, that's what student surveys revealed to Princeton Review Inc. for its 2012 Best Colleges guide. This year, the Bobcats are No. 1 on the guide's list of top party schools.It's a ranking officials at most colleges deride as silly and unscientific, based, as it is, only on students' perception of how much their peers drink—a figure prone to overestimation."

6. Missouri Law: Teachers and Students Can't Be Facebook Friends, by Kayla Webley - http://t.co/TCvxSLp via @TIMENewsFeed - "With a new law, Missouri has became the first in the nation to prohibit social networking between students and teachers. When Missouri Senate Bill 54, which was signed by the governor last week, takes effect later this month, teachers and students will no longer be able to connect on any site (not just Facebook) that allows for private communication.The bill, also called the "Amy Hestir Student Protection Act," is designed to protect students from sexual misconduct by teachers. It is named for a Missouri woman who was continually molested and assaulted by her junior high school teacher."

7. Darling-Hammond: The mess we are in - The Answer Sheet, by Valerie Strauss - http://t.co/DOE1o6Q via @washingtonpost - "We are here to protest the policies that produce the increasingly segregated and underfunded schools so many of our children attend, and we are here to represent the parents, educators and community members who fight for educational opportunity for them against the odds every day."

8. Do your homework on college financial aid, by Gail Marks Jarvis - http://bit.ly/quAMIU via @STLtoday - "Often less attention goes into selecting student loans. The decision gets shunted aside or made in an instant because tuition is due. Loans have confusing names, and the financial aid office at your college might provide little guidance. Many students assume all student loans are similar — a mistake that can inflict thousands of dollars in unnecessary debt."