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1. That Facebook Welcome to the Class of 2015? Not So Fast, by Jacques Steinberg - http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/freshmen-faceboo/#more-25739

‎"High school seniors about to be admitted to college, take note: that authentic-looking Facebook page inviting you to join the university’s “welcome group” for the Class of 2015 may be unauthorized."

2. 13 Great Careers For College Grads - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/13-best-careers-that-requ_n_793108.html#s199788

"All of the jobs listed have above-average median annual pay rates, and all are expected to experience above-average growth between 2008 and 2018. Jobs that are expected to have few openings in the coming year were not included."

3. Sign Language Studies Up 16 Percent, by Tamar Lewin - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/education/08language.html?_r=1&hpw

"While the number of college students studying Spanish, French and German increased only modestly from 2006 to 2009, enrollment in American Sign Language — the fourth most-popular language — surged more than 16 percent, according to a new report from the Modern Language Association."

4. Colleges and Students Would Benefit From White House Tax Compromise, by Kelly Field - http://chronicle.com/article/CollegesStudents-Would/125646/

"They include a tuition tax credit worth up to $2,500, a student-loan interest deduction worth up to $2,500, and a benefit that allows companies to provide up to $5,250 in tax-free tuition assistance to their employees."

5. In ranking, U.S. students trail global leaders - http://usat.ly/e6GmfA - RT @USATODAY

Scores from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment to be released Tuesday show 15-year-old students in the U.S. performing about average in reading and science, and below average in math. Out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math."

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1. 'Some of the More Mundane Moments in Life Make Great Essays' - http://nyti.ms/cNYc4d

‎"For many seniors, choosing the topic for a personal statement is more difficult than actually writing the piece. But don’t fret. “Some of the more mundane moments in life make great essays,” Christopher Burkmar, Princeton University’s associate dean of admissions, assured guidance counselors at a conference last month. For example, Mr. Burkmar said he had recently savored a few hundred words about a family’s dinner conversations.“The best essays make us laugh, cry or wince,” said Matthew Whelan, Stony Brook University’s assistant provost for admissions and financial aid. “They help us understand why we want the applicant here.”

2. The Cost Of College Dropouts: A State-By-State Breakdown http://huff.to/cGH4D2 Huffpost

‎"Finishing the First Lap: The Cost of First-Year Student Attrition in America's Four-Year Colleges and Universities" turned to the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to collect drop-out data from 1,521 four-year institutions (including 73 for-profit, 902 not-for-profit and 528 public.) Using information from IPEDS, AIR was able to compose a report that details how much funding, broken down into total state expenditure, state appropriations, state student grants and federal student grants, is spent on students who discontinue their studies after only one year."

3. How the For-Profit College Can Destroy Your Life http://t.co/xA780pk

"According to Frank Donoghue’s book, The Last Professors, fully one-third of American two- and four-year colleges were for-profit by 2003. The University of Phoenix alone currently enrolls over 440,000 students, making it the second-largest higher-education system in the country after SUNY. In 2008, when Donoghue’s book was published, the seven biggest public companies running these schools had a combined market cap of over $22 billion and enrolled nearly 700,000 students—nearly seven percent of all college students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities that year. Total for-profit enrollment had ballooned to over a million by the time of the GAO investigation."

4. 10 Careers That Aren't Going Away (Despite the Economy) http://bit.ly/dlnp3P via @AddToAny

"At the end of last year, U.S. News & World Report compiled a list of America’s best careers for 2010 based upon the Labor Department’s brand-new job growth projections for 2008 to 2018. Included in this list of 50 jobs are careers that offer the best opportunities for employment, earn above-average medium incomes and most importantly, are likely to stick around for a while even when some jobs will not. From plumbers to funeral directors, certain unexpected job areas have managed to flourish. While you may not envision directing funerals anywhere in your near future, Her Campus presents to you our top 10 picks for jobs that aren’t going anywhere anytime soon."