HOW TO LOWER COST OF STUDYING ABROAD

POSTED BY COLLEGIANINTERNATIONAL,   FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘S COOLEGE JOURNAL TODAY, 12/17/07
By MARLA BRILL
From MarketWatch
A few weeks ago my daughter asked about studying abroad as a college junior year next year. I groaned in anticipation of costly airfare, unfavorable foreign exchange rates, junkets to nearby countries, and other extra expenses.
My fears were not unfounded. The [...]

STUDENT ATHLETE RECRUITMENT

Revised September 2002

 NACAC Statement On:
Recruitment and Admission of Student Athletes

 

In 1981, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) responded to the questionable

practices used in recruiting student athletes by taking a firm stance to protect both students and institutions.
NACAC remains informed of recent measures instituted by the NCAA as they relate to the education, evaluation,
recruitment [...]

COLLEGE PLANNING: Address affordability early in the process

PUBLISHED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER -Monday, December 3, 2007
BY: Tom Bottorf
        Columnist
Q.We just learned that our Expected Family Contribution is $35,000. We can’t come close to paying this for even one year. How are families affording to pay for college?
A.This is one of the most common questions we get this time of year. I’d [...]

A COLLEGE STUDENT LOAN PRIMER

 From the NICCP(NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED COLLEGE PLANNERS) WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, November 18, 2007
“A FEW THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION”
A consolidation loan is just what it sounds like: You can take two or more
outstanding loans and re-finance them into one. As with the Stafford Loans,
there are both Direct and FFEL consolidation programs.
To a college grad that [...]

SMALL BUSINESS VALUE NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO REPORT INFILING FOR COLLEGE AID

PUBLISHED IN ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, Oct 29 
Friday, October 26, 2007
BY TOM BOTTORF
Columnist
 
Q. I have a small business. How do these assets affect financial aid?A.It depends. The FAFSA form doesn’t require you to claim business value as long as your company has 100 employees or less. The CSS Profile form, however, will require you to declare business [...]

Fed’s Educationa Department Activist Agenda

Originally posted on insidehighered.com, Nov 1, 2007 
Nov. 1
The Education Department’s Activist Agenda
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings continues to try to counter the twin perceptions of her Education Department as lax on enforcement on the one hand and inappropriately meddling in the affairs of colleges on the other.
During a news conference Wednesday, Spellings listed a “litany” of [...]

POSSIBLE $4925 PELL GRANT

From:  insidehighered.com, Nov. 2
The Possible New Pell Grant: $4,925
It may be moot if President Bush follows through on his threat to veto a spending bill for education, health and labor programs. But for the moment, the Pell Grant program is enjoying an embarrassment of riches after years of stagnation.
Weeks after Congress approved and President Bush [...]

PUBLIC UNIVERSITY TUITION INCREASING AT GREATER RATE

Smaller Divide in Public
And Private School Fees
By LEAH FABEL
From MarketWatch
College tuition costs continue to climb across the board, but rates at four-year public universities have gone up faster than at other schools, according to a report released this week by the College Board.  
As a result, schools are digging deeper into their coffers to continue [...]

Freshman Year Abroad?

Originally published in INSIDEHIGHERED.com, October 25, 2007
POSTED BY COLLEGIAN INTERNATIONAL, Cherry Hill, NJ 
Oct. 23
Freshman Year Abroad
Think back to packing the car for that first semester, freshman year — the uncertainty, the anxiety about how to present oneself to a new world. How many framed pictures of proms and graduations and boyfriends and girlfriends are too [...]

RATE OF COLLEGE TUITION IS UP

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION, OCTOBER 23, 2007 

Oct. 23
Rate of Tuition Increases Is Up
The rate of tuition increases is going up — in public and private higher education.
Across sectors, an annual report by the College Board found that this year’s percentage increases were slightly larger than those reported a year ago.
Here are some of the key [...]