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  • COLLEGE TODAY: THE BEST - AND WORST - OF TIMES
    October 31, 2005 - College Parents of America
    To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times for American higher education. A college education is more widely available than at any time in our nation's history, with well more than two-thirds of high school graduates attending...
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  • EDUCATION STILL PAYS, BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER?
    October 24, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Each October, the College Board issues a report entitled Trends in College Pricing. Based on data gathered in late summer, this report aggregates tuition, fee and room & board prices from colleges and universities across the country, and places them in context to...
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  • Other Savings Options
    October 21, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Other Savings Options While 529 plans may be the hottest and most flexible way to save for college, there are other, non-traditional methods which make sense in certain cases. Recent laws make saving for college via Roth IRAs a lot more favorable than in the past. All three...
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  • LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION UNLIKELY FOR COLLEGE COST PROBLEM...SO NOW WHAT?
    October 10, 2005 - College Parents of America
    As each week goes by in Washington, it becomes clearer that a legislative fix is unlikely to solve the college-cost conundrum. Not only are legislators distracted by pressing issues such as hurricane relief, the war on terror and the latest Supreme Court nominee, they...
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  • HELPING YOUR CHILD TO AVOID FINANCIAL PITFALLS
    October 3, 2005 - College Parents of America
    The road to and through college is lined with excellent opportunities for you to teach your child about personal finances. The same road is also filled with plenty of financial pitfalls, and it is important for you to provide your child a roadmap on how he or she might stay...
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  • Is the SAT Obsolete?
    October 2, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Until recently, it would have been heresy, and just plain bad practical advice, to tell a high school junior or senior with college aspirations not to take the SAT, especially if he or she lived on either coast of the United States. This ritual college admissions test,...
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  • Teens Reap Many Benefits from Mentor Relationships
    September 29, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Teens who identify at least one influential, "natural" mentor in their life - a person not assigned by a formal mentoring program - report that they have a higher sense of self and are more likely to take risks that affect their lives positively, according to data recently...
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  • MAKING TIME FOR STUDY CAN BE A CHALLENGE
    September 19, 2005 - College Parents of America
    The school year is now at least a few weeks old for the vast majority of colleges across the country, though some on the quarter system may just be getting started this week or next. If your child is still in secondary school, you've probably remarked to each other how...
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  • About Eating Disorders
    September 18, 2005 - College Parents of America
    About Eating Disorders According to a 2004 online study conducted by Screening for Mental Health, Inc. 59.34% of students screened tested positive for symptoms of an eating disorder. Of those who scored positive, 96% were not in treatment for an eating disorder at...
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  • Ready, set, hike: today's starting lineup of student aid programs
    September 15, 2005 - College Parents of America
    With a football squad as the analogy of choice, here is today's starting lineup of federal student aid programs. No matter what your budget resources, or where your child is in the process of preparing for, applying to or attending college, these are the eleven federal...
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