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Taking a Look at Poverty From an Affluent Suburb New York Times March 14, 2010 As Elmhurst College is revealing with missionary zeal, DuPage County, Ill., is a case study in the often-hidden poverty around us.  S. Alan Ray was clueless about the county and the college before he applied to be president of the liberal arts institution affiliated with the United Church of Christ.  But his due diligence and vision convinced the trustees, and as president at the helm of the battleship that is any college, Mr. Ray is trying to steer Elmhurst down a path of service.

Education Secretary Addresses Rising College Costs NPR - All Things Considered, Saturday Edition March 13, 2010 College students and educators are protesting major budget cuts and higher tuition at campuses nationwide, while more students are defaulting on their loans.  Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks with host Guy Raz about rising college costs and the push for students to get loans directly from the government.

The Allure Of For-Profit Universities Grows NPR - All Things Considered, Saturday Edition March 13, 2010 As higher learning becomes increasingly expensive, students are taking a greater hand in where and how they get an education. Anya Kamenetz, author of the forthcoming DIY U, talks with host Guy Raz about the growing attraction to revenue-seeking universities.

Obama’s contradictions on education Washington Post - The Answer Sheet Blog March 13, 2010 What do the 10 organizations to which President Obama donated his Nobel Prize Award have in common?  They all work to help underserved populations of young people get ready to attend and be successful in college.  Obama has said repeatedly that his education goal is to make sure that every child has that opportunity.  Yet his education policies to this point cannot ever reach this goal. Nor can they do what he promised during the presidential campaign: Stop high-stakes standardized testing from driving our public education system.

Obama prepares education overhaul Associated Press March 13, 2010 President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to rewrite the nation's sweeping and controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind with a plan to prepare students for life after high school and to place better teachers at the blackboards.  Although Obama's weekly address was short on specifics, the president has been clear he is eyeing sweeping change. He has already been using federal money as leverage to push schools to raise standards and prepare more children for college or work.

Student Loan Chutzpah Wall Street Journal - Editorial March 13, 2010 In a nearby letter ("Congress Is Right on Student Loans"), Republican Congressman Tom Petri writes that we have been "sold a bill of goods on student loans."  Our sin is to oppose a government takeover of college financing, which will take a giant leap forward if Congress jams its pending student-loan changes on to the health-care reconciliation bill.  In fact, Congress has been selling its own bill of goods since 1965, when it created student-loan subsidies, and both parents and taxpayers have found that there is nothing cost-effective about it.

How Admissions Officers Pick Students NPR - All Things Considered March 12, 2010 College admissions officers are weeding through a record number of applications this year. Kathleen Kingsbury, an education reporter for the Daily Beast, spent time inside the room with admissions officers as they sift through applications. Kingsbury discusses what makes a student stand apart.

College Application 2.0: The Video Essay NPR - All Things Considered March 12, 2010 High school seniors are hoping to impress colleges by sending videos of themselves at work and at play. The mini-movies range from slick creative productions to amateur-hour card tricks. Although many say there's no stopping the YouTube generation from making and submitting their "video essays," others worry the application process is becoming more like American Idol.

The Money Trail: Did New Jersey University Misspend Federal Funds? ABCNews.com - Brian Ross Blog March 12, 2010 Department of Homeland Security investigators have contacted New Jersey officials with questions about the fate of federal grant money awarded to Stevens Institute of Technology to help improve the nation's port security, ABC News has learned.  Two state officials described the federal inquiries about the possible misuse of nearly $3 million in Homeland Security grant money distributed to the college, which has spent months under fire over allegations that it mismanaged its books.

On the Barricades at Shimer Wall Street Journal - Column March 12, 2010 Everyone at Shimer believes in a great-books education, through which students study the profound questions of Western thought and civilization.  The "family dispute" is over how to govern this great-books school.  Should a community of scholars call the shots, as it has done over the past 30 years?  Or should the school be run by a chief executive, as the college's president thinks?  Is Shimer a Greek-style polis, as many Shimerians believe?  Or does it need to function more like a corporation, as the president contends?

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