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Dr. Jill Biden - Serving as Commencement Speaker

Dr. Jill Biden will serve as commencement speaker at Kingsborough Community College this year. Dr. Biden, an educator of 28 years, has taught English in community colleges »»

Simplifying Financial Aid Applications - President

Here at the Middle Class Task Force, we have been working on ways to make college more affordable for families in America. The President, the Vice President and »»

UC Comparison - San Diego, Irvine, Davis

Comparison Criteria

School One

University of California: Davis

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School Two

University of California: San Diego

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School Three

University of California: Irvine

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Location

City, State
Davis, California
La Jolla, California
Irvine, California

Region
West
West
West

Type

Public vs. Private
Public
Public
Public

Religious Affiliation

Campus Life

Setting
Suburban
Suburban
Suburban

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Ontario Colleges

Ontario Colleges: Where Great Careers Begin!

Thinking about a college education? This is a great place to start.

How many colleges are there?

There are 24 colleges of applied arts »»

Being Independent

Many of us spend our lives as a child dreaming about the day we’ll be “grown-up” or independent. No rules, no parents, but making the decisions, and »»

Black Colleges

There are 117 colleges and universities in the United States that are designated as historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs); that is, they were founded with »»

Ivy League Over Rated

At this very moment, all over the country and potentially the world, high school students and their parents are planning and scheming to get into an »»

Financial Aid - Premier Schools

Stanford’s announcement came two months after Harvard publicized its expensive new financial aid policies and over a month after Yale and Dartmouth followed suit with their own. »»

Racial Admissions

You have a lot of bad luck if you were born into an Asian family. If one of your parents is white, then you should claim »»

Higher Education Areas

In higher education, which is a level of education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, institutes of technology and other »»

School Funding

A lot of universities are struggling with endowments that are now underwater. If the current financial downturn continues, the problem will only get worse. Most states »»

Applying Early

Finally a student has cut down the list of schools and is considering applying early to get the ball rolling on his/her college plans. Typically, there are »»

SAT (1)

SAT Exam

Because almost every college and university in the United States accepts the SAT exam as part of the admissions and placement process, more than two million »»

What Colleges Look for in an Applicant

What Colleges Look for in an Applicant

When deciding which applicants to admit to their college, admissions officers consider many different factors.

- A Challenging Schedule
One of the main »»

Popular Universities

Which university is the most popular one?
Of course, Harvard University tops the list. You may believe Stanford to be the second, but you are wrong. You will »»