All posts tagged "college"
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Four tips to select the school for you
Many students have come to know the last few weeks of March as one of the most anxiety-ridden times of the year, rivaling finals, graduation,...
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The Price to Learn: Iowa graduates will face financial hurdles in planning for skyrocketing college costs
In the fall of 2018, Iowa’s public universities proposed a 7 percent annual tuition increase over a period of five years, or 35 percent by...
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College admissions tests give advantages to financially privileged white students
High school is consumed with talk of college admissions tests. Teachers and counselors continually emphasize the importance of this simple number on the futures of...
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Out of State College
Some 2017 grads are making plans to leave Iowa for college.
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Dozens of students taking advantage of free tuition for university courses
Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) are options for juniors and seniors with acceptable ACT/SAT and or GPA. Freshmen and sophomores can take the classes if they...
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Making the Grade: Three high school courses piloting standards-based assessments
This year marks the second year of Cedar Falls High School’s plan to transition from percent based grading to learning based grading. The school is...
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CF grads report easy adjustments to college
As the school year comes to a close, seniors are approached by all things college. Family dinners bring a few “what are you planning on...
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College Costs: 2016 graduates find themselves paying price of reduced funding
Iowa ranks no. 8 in the country for college debt. Parents and students see it coming, yet most are still slapped in the face when...
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March Promises Madness
By: Isaac Turner-Hall There has been plenty of chaos this season in college basketball. Nothing has gone to plan, the chaos started back in the...
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Geography teacher traveling to Koreas to extend learning
This summer, Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHUG) teacher, Traci Lake will fly to Seoul, South Korea, for a conference to learn more about the Korean Peninsula and how it...
