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The High Cost of a Brand Name College

Jenifer Fox | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

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Jenifer Fox

Since 1983, U.S. News & World Report has changed the way parents and students choose institutions of higher education, so that a college degree is only as good as its brand name.

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SAT scores dip for high school class of 2009

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

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Through the early 1990s and early 2000s, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam moved steadily upward. Now, for the last five years, they've ...

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Stanley H. Kaplan, Founder Of Kaplan Test Prep Centers, Dead At 90

Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., the nation's first test preparation company, has died. He was 90. Sta...

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Getting Rich and the Marshmallow

Don McNay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

We have a financial system that has played to people's weaknesses. We have allowed people who are prone to instant gratification to have as much credit as they could get their hands on.

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Let's Add SAT Scores Into the Mix When Holding High Schools Accountable

Mike Piscal | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Mike Piscal

High school success needs to be tied to student performance on the SATs, and our high schools should be incentivized to take these additional measurements seriously.

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College Testing: Time to Take a Deep Breath

Jerry Lucido | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

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Jerry Lucido

As if the world's financial turmoil isn't enough, many students and their parents have the added anxiety of college applications and testing this fall. Fortunately, a new report on the use of those tests may let them breathe a little easier.

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SAT scores stay at lowest level in nearly a decade

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — For a second straight year, SAT scores for the most recent high school graduating class remained at the lowest level in nearly a...

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Illinois SAT Scores Drop

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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The state's high school class of 2008 posted slightly lower average scores on the SAT exam this year, slipping in all three tested subjects, but Illin...

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Wake Forest Makes the SAT Optional: Good Move, Wake

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living

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Gerald Bracey

Wake Forest University and Smith College will make the SAT optional for those applying for admission. Move called "cynical;" it's not.

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5 Things You Never Knew About The SAT

Newsweek | Connie Leslie | Posted 05.10.2008 | Living

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Just a few weeks after an intensively competitive college-admissions season, the game is on again, with high-school juniors prepping for SAT tests in ...

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