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  • AMERICA'S COLLEGES RESPOND TO STUDENTS AFFECTED BY KATRINA
    September 5, 2005 - College Parents of America
    There has been plenty of finger-pointing in the wake of the historic devastation caused last week by Hurricane Katrina, and the subsequent flooding in the city of New Orleans. And while there should be a thorough review of the procedures and steps taken last week by federal...
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  • THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL COUNTDOWN HAS ALREADY BEGUN
    July 25, 2005 - College Parents of America
    When I was a kid growing up in Michigan, my grandmother – usually a gregarious person – always had a way of putting a damper on the Fourth of July celebration. No sooner had the rockets red glare from the local fireworks ended than she would utter her standard annual line...
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  • STUDENT LOANS ARE GOING GLOBAL
    July 20, 2005 - College Parents of America
    We Americans already export everything from blue jeans to cigarettes to cable television channels, so it should come as no surprise that we have now begun to export something a bit more ephemeral – the concept of student loans. Many other countries have begun to discover...
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  • STUDENT LOANS ARE GOING GLOBAL
    July 18, 2005 - College Parents of America
    We Americans already export everything from blue jeans to cigarettes to cable television channels, so it should come as no surprise that we have now begun to export something a bit more ephemeral – the concept of student loans. Many other countries have begun to discover...
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  • Let's Look in the Mirror on College Costs
    July 9, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Let’s look in the mirror and be honest with ourselves regarding the role that we parents play in the rise of college costs. Much as the other players in the rising tuition game, we have sometimes been in the midst of the action, and sometimes on the sideline. On occasion,...
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  • CELEBRATING ACADEMIC FREEDOM ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
    July 4, 2005 - College Parents of America
    It's the Fourth of July, a good day to talk about freedom. And since we are College Parents of America, this is a good place to write about a certain aspect of freedom under great debate on college and university campuses. I am referring to academic freedom.
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  • HOW TO BEST HELP YOUR CHILD TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL
    June 23, 2005 - College Parents of America
    Over the course of the past decade, the concept of parent involvement in American secondary and higher education has evolved considerably, from occasional, mostly ceremonial activities for a small percentage of parents to carefully conceived and widely available goal-...
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  • Some College Honor Societies are More Credible than Others. Here's How to Judge.
    May 18, 2005 - College Parents of America
    We've all seen the bumper stickers. "My child is honor student at fill-in-the-blank middle school." Some of you may have even had the chance to slap one of those bumper stickers on your own car fender. When it comes to honors in high school and college, however, the bumper...
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  • NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD'S GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
    May 16, 2005 - College Parents of America
    The school year is winding down and, in many parts of the country, almost over. No matter what grades your children are in, now is a great time to ask for an appointment with their guidance counselors, and to make sure that you understand your academic options for next...
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  • Shot in the Arm for Campus Health
    May 14, 2005 - Doug Lederman Inside Higher Ed
    Each year, a few dozen campuses are turned upside-down for a few weeks by a panic over real or reported cases of meningococcal meningitis. Students (or at least their parents) freak out and administrators are forced to manage the crisis. There are more than 100 such cases...
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