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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS & PLANNING

'Last Resort' Program
For Student Loans Is Set
The Education Department will be ready to process emergency advances for student loans by June 1, according to a letter scheduled to be sent Monday to state agencies that would administer the program. The move to ready the federal government's "lender of last resort" loan program is the latest in a series of government actions aimed at heading off a crisis in student lending as families begin borrowing for the fall term. Read more

The New Math of College Finance

In recent months, some of the wealthiest and most prestigious schools in the country have made their financial aid more generous, replacing loans with grants and capping costs at a certain percentage of family income. It's easy to be baffled about what this all means, for now and for the future. Do these offers come with hidden catches? Will you still need to borrow some money to cover tuition? Here's a guide to navigating the new world of financial aid. Read more arrow Watch the Video arrow

How Involved Should Parents Get?
The intense competition for admission to selective colleges is leading some parents to quit their jobs so that they can dedicate themselves full time to helping their children through the process. Read Full Article

bad news u.
Policies at Harvard, Princeton Create Uncertainty at Elites
The college-admissions season set records this year -- both in the number of students who applied, as well as the number of students who were rejected. Read Full Article

College Within Reach, Despite Tighter Credit
Plan a Networking Agenda
Don't assume you can't afford college, even private ones. A number of the nation's top schools have changed the way they calculate financial aid, providing steep discounts to families earning as much as $180,000 to $200,000. Many offer more merit-based aid than need-based aid. Read Full Article

U.S. Signals Student-Loan Shift
The Education Department will detail plans for emergency student loans, a sign it is planning for possible disruption in the financial-aid market. More than 30 private lenders have said they will stop making such loans. Read Full Article

College Planning Tools & Resources

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arrow ON CAMPUS

Where Did the Time Go?
Don’t Look Back on Freshman Year With Regret. Seize the Year.
You only get one chance to be a freshman in college, and you're probably not going to do everything you set out to. In part, that's because you'll discover so many other things on campus that you never even imagined before. And it's because over the course of freshman year, you'll begin to discover things about yourself that you never knew. That said, you don't want to look back on the experience a year later, or 10 years later, and think of that important period as a complete waste of opportunity, time and tuition money. So with the benefit of hindsight, I offer you a few general tips will that help you make the best of your freshman year. Read Full Article

4 Doors Down
Your Dorm RA Serves as Mediator, Mentor and Amateur Electrician
RAs, or resident assistants, are upperclassmen who govern a dorm floor and generally look after the welfare of the residents. Read Full Article

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CAREERS

Teens Feel Chill in Hunt for Summer Jobs
More teens will be looking for summer jobs this year than last --but fewer will be getting them. After sinking to a new low in 2007, teen summer employment is expected to fall again, to the lowest rate in the 60-year history of government jobs data. Read more arrow

Making Room for 'Dr. Nurse'
As the shortage of primary-care physicians mounts, more than 200 nursing schools have established or plan to launch doctorate of nursing practice programs to equip graduates with skills the schools say are equivalent to primary-care physicians. Read Full Article

From Ad Man to Granola Guru
Starting a business wasn't in the cards for Jason Osborn--until he lost his job.
When Jason Osborn lost his job at an ad agency after Sept. 11, he found work as a model and started baking healthy snacks for himself. Soon, he had a partner, a business plan and a growing--and increasingly competitive--natural food company. Read Full Article

Career Tip of the Week
Plan a Networking Agenda
Networking is critical to your job-search success, so be strategic about it, advises Cindy Kraft, a career coach in Tampa, Fla. Prepare a wish list of the contacts you'd like meet. Visit the Web sites of trade associations and networking groups for your industry and career field and mark their events listings on your calendar. Attend as many as possible and keep notes about your experiences. Quickly follow up with the connections you make and keep notes on these and future conversations as well, including who contacted who and when. If you promised to do something, do it. Not following through will damage your credibility. Read Full Article

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