All posts tagged "college"
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Preparation key to college visit success
As the spring semester begins, whether you are a junior or a senior, now is the time to be visiting colleges to help decide where...
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Seniors discuss plans for their post high school life
With half of the school year over, many seniors are thinking about what they will do after high school. These four seniors have different plans...
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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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Cedar Falls Main Street adjusting to challenges of COVID
On April 2, governor Kim Renyolds ordered the closings of restaurants and bars, fitness centers, salons, barbershops, tattoo establishments, massage therapy establishments, senior citizens centers and other nonessential retail...
