College Admission News Archives

Summary: ..."College campuses are ripe with personal information -- hackable data," said Mike Prusinski, a former Oklahoman who is vice president of communications for LifeLock, a Phoenix company that provides an automated credit monitoring service. 'Perfect targets' "Thanks to the size of college campus record systems -- some holding records for upwards of several hundred thousand students and faculty members and school alumni -- these school systems are the perfect targets." Two...

Summary: The university's community and technical college already reduced the number of class days to four each week for this year's summer session. The university's community and technical college already reduced the number of class days to four each week for this year's summer session. Most college course are for three hours credit.

Summary: It's tough to get a competitive education in the public school system in this country.

Summary: Tuition at Kansas City Kansas Community College is $59 a credit hour for in-state students and $157 an hour for out-of-state students.

Summary: ...colleges are doing and "what they (students) are getting from a for-profit institution." Higher fees For-profit college license fees now bring in about $148,000 per year, an amount Byrne expects to go up to $525,000 with new requirements. The higher fees will give the community college system funding to hire more oversight and management personnel, Byrne said. He said the changes will also help students to know in advance what it will cost them to go to the school....

Summary: College admissions consulting is a service that more parents are willing to pay for as competition tightens at selective colleges, and tuition and living costs soar. It costs $1,500 to $2,000 to hire an independent consultant in southcentral Pennsylvania, according to a survey of consultants in Hanover, York, Hershey and Lancaster. Few parents and high school guidance counselors have the time or budget to research and visit campuses at hundreds of colleges and universities....

Summary: James Clyburn to bring College Summit to South Carolina. His chosen profession is college admissions, letting students know about the possibility of attending college. If USCA is a good fit for them, that's fine." Typically, College Summit serves schools and students with high percentages of student eligible for free and reduced lunch fees.

Summary: Search "domicile" on the SCHEV blog for advice on those questions. SCHEV chose to use an external free site called WordPress for its Paying For College blog. The Academic Common Market is an arrangement among Southern states allowing students to pay in-state tuition rates for certain programs not available at Virginia's public schools.

Summary: ...schools and education initiatives into a seamless support system. The system would track students from pre-kindergarten through grade 20. The goals are to align state and national education resources, improve early learning opportunities and expand access to college or employment opportunities. The proposal would also involve sharing student transcripts electronically between high schools and colleges. The ease of access would allow guidance counselors to better gauge what a...

Summary: Admission officers promise to look at their application not once, but twice. Mentoring and counseling services are available. Although California campuses pride themselves on student diversity, veterans have not had much of a presence. The majority of vets, about 16,000, attend community colleges. The new law will swell the ranks, Campbell predicted.