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Student Life Cycle Management

Tennesee Higher Education Leaders Focus On College Completion Strategies With Governor Bill Haslam

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam will lead a conversation with Tennessee college and university leaders Tuesday about the future of postsecondary education and workforce development.

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Clarksville Online

Families Seeking ‘College Knowledge’ Increasingly Hire Private Consultants

The gap between what high school students and their families believe they know about college admissions and what they actually need to know can be larger than they think.

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The Dallas Morning News

High Anxiety For Students Awaiting College Admissions Letters

Colleges throughout the nation usually notify applicants that they are accepted — or rejected — by April 1.

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The Hartford Courant

Mobile Web Solutions in Admissions: Hitting or Missing the Mark?

Karine Joly
University Business, April 2012

Published at the end of January, the Noel-Levitz study on the mobile browsing behaviors and expectations of prospective students provided this list of six items considered to be the most valuable content for mobile experiences: academic program listing, cost/scholarship calculators, calendar of important dates and deadlines, specific details about academic programs, application process summary and online applications forms.

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Ind. Governor Backs Proposal to Deal With 'Credit Creep' (with audio)

Governor Mitch Daniels says he will sign the so-called "credit creep" bill. The proposal limits the number of credit hours needed to earn a degree at state colleges and universities.

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Inside Indiana Business

At Some Colleges, Parental Recommendations Make An Impression

The letter recommending Christianne Beasley for admission to Smith College didn't come from the most unbiased of sources. But there was no disputing the writer knew this applicant as well as anyone.

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AP via The Detroit News

Texas Four-Year Graduation Rates Lag, But Do They Matter?

Only two of the state’s 38 public four-year universities can graduate half of their students within four years — and even then, just barely. At the University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reports, 53 percent of incoming freshmen graduate in four years. Texas A&M University graduates 51 percent.

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The Texas Tribune

Schools Try to Match the Jobless With 3.4 Million Jobs

Ever since the deep recession hit four years ago, many colleges have been rethinking their continuing education programs, straining to figure out how best to help the many unemployed Americans who have looked to them as a lifeline.

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The New York Times

Colleges Misassign Many to Remedial Classes, Studies Find

Two new studies from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College have found that community colleges unnecessarily place tens of thousands of entering students in remedial classes — and that their placement decisions would be just as good if they relied on high school grade-point averages instead of standardized placement tests.

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The New York Times

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