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- What College Aid Officers Won't Tell You
- Searching for college financial aid is tough. But you will increase your family's odds of getting cash once you learn these tightly-guarded secrets financial aid officers. Hint: like so many things in today's tough economy, college aid can sometimes be negotiable... If you were shopping for a refrigerator at Sears...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- Why Freshman Retention Rates Matter
- When you are evaluating colleges, here's a question that you've gotta ask: How happy are the freshmen? Of course, no college or university is going to admit that its freshmen are miserable. Relying on a school's candor for the answer, however, isn't necessary. All...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
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- First-term presidents and their party's House freshmen: crafting a strategic alliance.(Wheeling and Dealing in the White House)
- "First-Term Presidents and Their Party's House Freshmen: Crafting a Strategic Alliance." John Tierney and David Yalof examine how first-term presidents craft strategic alliances with House freshmen of the same political party. House freshmen are the most electorally vulnerable elements of the presidential party's governing coalition. In the 1994 elections, for...
- Research articles 1998-01-01
- Harvard Creates A Jewish 'Ghetto' For Its Freshmen
- Forward 11-13-1998 Harvard Creates A Jewish `Ghetto' For Its Freshmen CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fresh on the heels of an uproar over "counting noses" at the campus newspaper, Harvard University is apparently segregating some of its freshmen students by interest, race and religion. ...
- Research articles 1998-11-13
- Tulane University expects record number of freshmen in fall
- The number of freshmen coming to Tulane University in the fall will set a Tulane record, the university said. More than 1,375 high school seniors are expected to enroll in August, an increase of 55 percent over the 882 freshmen in the fall of 2006. "This...
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- Freshmen keep it from going stale
- Air Force football's Class of 2012 joined the rest of the team for the first time Wednesday, injecting some intensity and enthusiasm to the second of the day's two practice sessions. Most of the freshmen served as scout team players, but there were approximately 15 who were mixed...
- Research articles 2008-08-07
- AFA's DeBerry lauds defense, four freshmen
- After his team's sixth practice of August camp, Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry was praising four of his freshmen and all of his defense. The impressive freshmen are: running back Anthony Butler; defensive back Charles Akinyemi, who moved form running back; linebacker Anthony Schlegal; and...
- Research articles 2001-08-07
- Who chooses experience? Examining the use of veteran staff by House freshmen.
- Scholars have long recognized the important role congressional staff play in promoting the effectiveness of their employers. This is especially true for new representatives, who usually have few other resources. This article examines the hiring of experienced staff by House freshmen and tests multiple hypotheses for...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- East Bay school comes up short on freshmen
- HAYWARD -- In the past few years, it might seem California State University, East Bay, had done everything it could to draw more freshmen to the hilltop campus, from constructing new dorms to developing a dynamic orientation with a reality TV theme. Even the name change in...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- East Bay college comes up short on freshmen
- HAYWARD -- In the past few years, it might seem California State University, East Bay had done everything it could to draw more freshmen to the hilltop campus, from constructing new dorms to developing a dynamic orientation with a reality TV theme. Even the name change...
- Research articles 2005-11-13
- Key roles for freshmen in UCLA-Memphis duel
- OAKLAND -- Today's NCAA Oakland Regional championship will be a freshman-dominated affair. UCLA and Memphis both have five first-year players in their regular rotations, so it stands to reason the outcome will be very much depend on how these youngsters play. But...
- Research articles 2006-03-25
- Berkeley looks to get freshmen on same page
- If there's one thing Oprah Winfrey has taught us, it's that nothing unites people like the common love of a good book. At University of California, Berkeley, they're about to take that concept to a whole new level. Come November, thousands of UC Berkeley...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- UC Berkeley free book program gets freshmen on the same page
- If there's one thing Oprah Winfrey has taught us, it's that nothing unites people like the common love of a good book. At University of California, Berkeley, they're about to take that concept to a whole new level. Come November, thousands of UC Berkeley...
- Research articles 2006-09-17
- College freshmen different from students from 60s
- Mathis, Greg Michigan Chronicle 02-17-2004 A national survey taken by the University of California at Los Angeles UCLA revealed that the college freshmen of today are more politically conservative and more interested in money than their counterparts were in the 1960s....
- Research articles 2004-02-17
- Parents of college freshmen are more affluent than ever
- Parents who send their children to four-year colleges have long been above average when it comes to income. But today's freshmen are financially better off than ever before, and the gap is widening, a report on 40-year trends in higher education shows. Freshmen in 2005 reported median family...
- Research articles 2007-04-09
- A few freshmen stand out
- Welcome, Class of 2011. Air Force football's freshman class went through an initiation of sorts Wednesday afternoon, spending an entire practice with the varsity for the first time. While the majority of the approximately 90 freshmen will play on Air Force's junior varsity this...
- Research articles 2007-08-09
- Yale College has record "yield" in freshmen class.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 August 2000-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale College has record "yield" in freshmen class C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29082000 New Haven, Conn. -- A record-high 66.3 percent of the students admitted to Yale College have chosen to matriculate in this year's...
- Research articles 2000-08-30
- South Dakota's Public Universities Say They're Attracting Brighter Freshmen.
- American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--High-performing students are a larger percentage of new freshmen at South Dakota public universities, the executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents recently announced. New freshmen with a composite...
- Research articles 2002-11-07
- University of Wyoming freshmen enrollment is up 7 percent.
- By Becky Orr, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--CHEYENNE -- The number of new freshmen who came to the University of Wyoming this fall is up 7 percent from last year. Sara Axelson, associate vice president for enrollment management...
- Research articles 2004-11-14
- Bob Ford: Villanova's freshmen no longer so young
- In March, beneath the glare of the NCAA tournament, there are no freshmen. There are first-year players perhaps, but having helped their teams to this very large stage, there are no longer any real freshmen. Thirty games of Division I ball separate the players from the played, and they definitely...
- Research articles 2008-03-18
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