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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.
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more
Watch
the Video 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
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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.
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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 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
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