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  • The Twelve Days of Christmas for Current College Parents
    December 27, 2004 - College Parents of America
    For current college parents, the twelve days of Christmas don't end with a partridge and a pear tree. In fact, the year-end holidays don't seem to end at all. Increasingly, colleges and universities are scheduling longer and longer periods of time between the last day of...
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  • Spending on Higher Education Rises in Most States
    December 20, 2004 - College Parents of America
    In a welcome reversal from the year-ago trends, state support for higher education has actually risen in most states during the current fiscal year, according to a survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Higher Education Policy at Illinois State University.
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  • 'TWAS THE FUTURE COLLEGE PARENT'S WEEK BEFORE XMAS
    With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore
    December 15, 2004 - College Parents of America
    Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the houseCollege applications were stirring, waiting the click of a mouse; The essays were done, saved as word docs with care,In hopes that high SAT scores soon would be there; The 12th-graders were nestled all snug in their...
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  • A Q&A You Can Use With Your Friends
    December 13, 2004 - College Parents of America
    Since September 2003, with your support, I have been steering College Parents of America's advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., supporting legislation and rule-making that reduces the complexity of the education planning process and makes college more affordable for...
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  • A NEW DAY FOR THIS COLUMN, AND FOR COLLEGE PARENTS OF AMERICA
    December 6, 2004 - College Parents of America
    I began writing this column on September 12, 2003, and we have posted it on our Web site each and every Friday ever since. What we've noticed about our web traffic during the same 15-month period, however, is that most of you are using our site early in the week, in the...
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  • 10 ATTRIBUTES OF A STRONG PARENT PROGRAM
    November 19, 2004 - College Parents of America
    At College Parents of America, one of our goals is to encourage colleges and universities to develop strong programs in support of the current parents at their institutions. Many of you have asked me over the past 14 months what the hallmarks are of such a program....
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  • The College Board Reports Another Double-Digit Increase For Average Tuition At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities
    October 22, 2004 - College Parents of America
    When The College Board announced on Tuesday, October 19 that the average tuition at a public, four-year college or university had increased by 10.5 percent this academic year to $5,132, I doubt that any of you were surprised by that headline in your local newspaper. After...
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  • Higher Education Issues Are Missing In Action – Or A Sideshow – In This Year's Political Campaign
    October 15, 2004 - College Parents of America
    I wish I could claim otherwise, but the fact is that issues affecting higher education have been mostly ignored, or treated as a sideshow in this year's presidential campaign, and in almost all other federal races. There are many reasons for this, principal of which are the...
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  • Survey Reveals Parents Want Colleges to Encourage Legal Downloading
    October 14, 2004 - College Parents of America
    A survey conducted by College Parents of America in April 2006 reveals that parents of college students are concerned over the risks your children face for illegally downloading music, movies and videos from the Internet, and that you believe your children’s schools have...
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  • College Guidance Counselors Send Mixed Messages on Parental Involvement in the College Selection Process
    October 8, 2004 - College Parents of America
    There were no protesters, no police blockades and no talking heads on television, but last week in Milwaukee there was a national convention. As Boston in July was to the Democrats, and as New York in late August and early September was to the Republicans, Milwaukee last...
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