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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS & PLANNING
Elite Colleges Reach Deeper Into Wait Lists
Here's
a bright spot in an otherwise brutal college-admissions season: More students
are being accepted from wait lists at elite schools this year because colleges
found it harder to predict how many graduating seniors would join the freshman
class. Read
more  'Last
Resort' Program
For Student Loans Is Set
The
Education Department will be ready to process emergency advances for student loans
by June 1, according to a letter scheduled to be sent Monday to state agencies
that would administer the program. The move to ready the federal government's
"lender of last resort" loan program is the latest in a series of government
actions aimed at heading off a crisis in student lending as families begin borrowing
for the fall term. Read
more The
New Math of College Finance In
recent months, some of the wealthiest and most prestigious schools in the country
have made their financial aid more generous, replacing loans with grants and capping
costs at a certain percentage of family income. It's easy to be baffled
about what this all means, for now and for the future. Do these offers come with
hidden catches? Will you still need to borrow some money to cover tuition? Here's
a guide to navigating the new world of financial aid.
Read
more
Watch
the Video How
Involved Should Parents Get?
The intense competition
for admission to selective colleges is leading some parents to quit their jobs
so that they can dedicate themselves full time to helping their children through
the process. Read
Full Article bad
news u.
Policies at Harvard, Princeton Create Uncertainty at Elites
The
college-admissions season set records this year -- both in the number of students
who applied, as well as the number of students who were rejected. Read
Full Article College
Within Reach, Despite Tighter Credit
Plan a Networking Agenda
Don't assume you can't afford college, even private ones. A number of the nation's
top schools have changed the way they calculate financial aid, providing steep
discounts to families earning as much as $180,000 to $200,000. Many offer more
merit-based aid than need-based aid. Read
Full Article U.S.
Signals Student-Loan Shift
The Education Department will detail plans
for emergency student loans, a sign it is planning for possible disruption in
the financial-aid market. More than 30 private lenders have said they will stop
making such loans. Read
Full Article College
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ON CAMPUS Your
Uncle Is Right | You do 'discover yourself' in college.
But it happens one small decision at a time. Read
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CAREERS Medical
School to Offer Free Tuition
The medical school
run by the Cleveland Clinic will offer a tuition-free education, in the hope that
a substantial reduction of post-graduation debt will encourage top students to
enter academic medicine. Read
Full Article Teens
Feel Chill in Hunt for Summer Jobs
More teens
will be looking for summer jobs this year than last --but fewer will be getting
them. After sinking to a new low in 2007, teen summer employment is expected to
fall again, to the lowest rate in the 60-year history of government jobs data.
Read
more Making
Room for 'Dr. Nurse'
As the shortage of primary-care
physicians mounts, more than 200 nursing schools have established or plan to launch
doctorate of nursing practice programs to equip graduates with skills the schools
say are equivalent to primary-care physicians. Read
Full Article From
Ad Man to Granola Guru
Starting a business wasn't in the cards
for Jason Osborn--until he lost his job.
When Jason Osborn lost his
job at an ad agency after Sept. 11, he found work as a model and started baking
healthy snacks for himself. Soon, he had a partner, a business plan and a growing--and
increasingly competitive--natural food company. Read
Full Article  Career
Tip of the Week
Plan a Networking Agenda
Networking is critical
to your job-search success, so be strategic about it, advises Cindy Kraft, a career
coach in Tampa, Fla. Prepare a wish list of the contacts you'd like meet. Visit
the Web sites of trade associations and networking groups for your industry and
career field and mark their events listings on your calendar. Attend as many as
possible and keep notes about your experiences. Quickly follow up with the connections
you make and keep notes on these and future conversations as well, including who
contacted who and when. If you promised to do something, do it. Not following
through will damage your credibility. Read
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