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  • How We Do the Rankings
    May 26, 2008 - Robert J. Morse and Samuel Flanigan U.S. News & World Report
    Just how can rankings help you identify colleges and universities that are right for you? Certainly, the college experience consists of a host of intangibles that cannot be reduced to mere numbers. But for families, the U.S. News rankings provide an excellent starting point...
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  • What is Higher Ed Reauthorization and Why Should You Care?
    April 15, 2008 - College Parents of America
    What is the Higher Education Act and, more importantly, why should you care about its upcoming reauthorization? The Higher Education Act, which originally was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, is the law that governs...
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  • Campus Visits Dos and Don'ts
    By Kat Cohen, Phd., Founder and CEO of ApplyWise
    March 11, 2008 - College Parents of America
    Spring is a great time for high school juniors to visit college campuses. Here are some "Dos & Don'ts" that students and their parents need to know before visiting universities.
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  • Colleges Can Save Money by Adopting Better Business Practices
    March 5, 2008 - College Parents of America
    It's not exactly a newsflash that one of the many ways that U.S.-based businesses are gaining productivity - and saving money - is through outsourcing of certain functions. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that some colleges and universities, in searching for ways to keep...
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  • A Parent's Guide to Insurance for College Students
    January 29, 2008 - College Parents of America
    Students heading off to college, especially for the first time, face many insurance issues that they or you may not have considered. Here's a quick look at four of those issues.
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  • Top 5 Tasks that Juniors need to do now
    By Katherine Cohen, Phd., Founder of ApplyWise.
    January 28, 2008 - College Parents of America
    Register for standardized tests NOWMost students wait until the summer after their Junior year to study and cram for the SAT/ACT. As a result, once you get your scores in October, you only have one or two more opportunities to re-take the exams to improve scores. Give...
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  • Don't be a Thanksgiving Turkey
    November 15, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Many of you will soon be parents of freshman in college and, at some point not too far off, you may be picking up your son or daughter at the airport, train station or appointed car-pooling spot as he or she returns from school for the Thanksgiving holiday. You probably...
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  • College Parents of America Surveys College Parent Programs
    September 1, 2007 - College Parents of America
    In its continuing efforts to assist college parent programs, College Parents of America recently conducted a survey of parent programs on campuses around the country to identify the most significant challenges they are facing. The survey also requested college and...
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  • REMEMBERING COLLEGE STUDENT CASUALTIES IN THE IRAQ WAR
    August 3, 2007 - College Parents of America
    These are increasingly tumultuous times on college campuses. While anti-war sentiment has not reached anywhere near the fever pitch that it attained during the Vietnam conflict, it is apparent and growing. In spring 2006, more than 50 silent protesters quietly turned their...
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  • What to Expect When You Attend Parent Orientation
    July 24, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Whether your child is in the 7th grade or about to graduate from high school, you are probably wondering about many issues related to his or her transition to college. Many of your questions may be broad and child-centric: is my child academically prepared for the rigors of...
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