It's not always obvious, but yes, there is the possibility that college presentations can be aggressive sales pitches for "for-profit" colleges. The White House announces new federal regulations are in the works.
"Colleges would no longer be allowed to pay recruiters for students or engage in aggressive or misleading recruitment under proposed new federal regulations that target the practices of for-profit colleges."
Read the whole article on The Huffington Post
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Inside the AP Testing Debate
No high-school program has grown as quickly, or to such massive proportions, as Advanced Placement (AP) in the last two decades. It now sets the academic agenda for almost all of the best high schools and is virtually required for any student who wants to get into a selective college. But it is also becoming very popular with administrators of our worst high schools, who think that even students below grade level can build needed academic muscle by struggling in a college-level AP or International Baccalaureate course (IB). Many of them flunk the AP and IB exams. Is there no better way to help them improve?
See the whole article on Newsweek.com
See the whole article on Newsweek.com
Jump In College Enrollment Highest in 40 yrs.
"...Newly released government figures show that freshman enrollment surged 6 percent in 2008 to a record 2.6 million, mostly due to rising minority enrollment. That is the highest increase since 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War, when young adults who attended college could avoid the military draft.
Almost three-quarters of the freshman increases in 2008 were minorities..."
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
CLASS OF 2010 SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS
KAPA’A HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION AWARD
Abigail Iloreta $500
Kiah Shigeta-Koizui $500
Alia Weiss $500
KAUAI FILIPINO WOMEN’S CLUB
Alyssa Mary Clark $750
Abigail Iloreta $750
HUI’ ALU SCHOLARSHIP
Excellence in English
Seri Niimi-Burch $300
Excellence in Math
Abigail Iloreta $300
Hui AluPreston Ikehara-Yasay $1,000
KAUAI BOARD OF REALTORS
Alia Weiss $1,000
Abigail Iloreta $2,000
LONGS DRUG
Patty Keough $1,000
GEORGE A KANNA
Kara Dastrup $1,000
HAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION
Eurielle Blair $5,000
Jason Iloreta $5,000
Hana Imai $5,000
Alia Weiss
Joanna Lau Sullivan Award $10,000
ROTARY CLUB OF KAPA’A
Abigail Iloreta $1,000
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi $1,000
OHANA MATTERS FOUNDATION
Alia Weiss $1,000
GROVE FARM FOUNDATION
Abigail Iloreta $20,000/4 Years
KAUAI FILIPINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Alana Agcaoili $1,000
KAUAI GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE’S FCU
Alyssa Mary Clark $1,000
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi $1,000
MAMORU & AIKO TAKITANI FOUNDATION
Kara Dastrup $1,000
ZONTA CLUB OF KAUAI
Kara Dastrup $1,000
S MAHELONA MEM HOSPITAL AUXILARY
Abigail Iloreta $500
KAUAI COMMUNITY FCU
Abigail Iloreta $1,000
TAKEHIKO HASEGAWA GOODWILL
Abigail Iloreta` $2,000
CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Hana Imai $1,000
NORTH SHORE LION’S CLUB
Celeste Makarewicz $500
Eurielle Blair $750
Vanessa Martinez $1,000
FOODLAND SHOP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Abigail Iloreta $2,000
Hana Imai $2,000
Victoria Tuttle $2,000
Alia Weiss $1,000
Michelle West $1,000
ZONTA CLUB OF HANALEI
Abigail Iloreta $500
Celeste Makarewicz $500
Alia Weiss $1,000
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Taro Totsy,,,,,,, $500
Michelle West $1,000
HMSA KAIMANA AWARDS
Alia Weiss $2,000
SCHOOL AWARDS
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
Alyssa Mary Clark
Ignation Award $4,000/4 Yrs
Creighton University Grant $7,000
Founders Award $44,000/4 Yrs
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
Kyla Dill Family Grant $1,000
Whitworth Academic Scholars $2,000
Presidential Scholarship $12,000
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Jason Iloreta Gonzaga Funding $6,190
Regent Scholarship $12,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Hana Imai
University of the Pacific Grant $8,500
President’s Scholarship $26,000/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Patty Keough
Nonresident Dean’s Scholarship $20,000/4 Yrs
HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Michelle West Ohana Scholarship $24,000/4 Yrs
Taryn Kaui Dean’s Scholarship $36,000/4 Yrs
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Celeste Makarewicz
Azusa Pacific University Grant $9,000
Lynsi Nakamura
Asuza Pacific University Grant $4,000
Undergraduate Director’s Grant $7,000
LEWIS & CLARK
Makena McCluskey
Lewis & Clark Grant $19,500
BOSTON COLLEGE
Seri Niimi-Burch
Boston College Scholarship $40,500/4 Yrs
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY
Maia Panon
Corpuz Presidential Scholarship $6,500/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HILO
Kaimalie Zirker
Centennial Scholarship $4,000/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, MANOA
Vanessa Martinez
Fun Factory Scholarship $1,000
Alia Weiss
Centennial Scholarship $4,000/4 Yrs
Sean Shigematsu
Full Athletic Scholarship $20,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi
Tuition Grant Scholarship $12,000/4 Yrs
Nonresident Tuition Grant $20,000/4 Yrs
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Tori Tuttle Talent Scholarship $1,000
University Grant $1,000
Housing Grant $2,000
Southern Virginia University Scholarship $5,000
KAPA’A HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION AWARD
Abigail Iloreta $500
Kiah Shigeta-Koizui $500
Alia Weiss $500
KAUAI FILIPINO WOMEN’S CLUB
Alyssa Mary Clark $750
Abigail Iloreta $750
HUI’ ALU SCHOLARSHIP
Excellence in English
Seri Niimi-Burch $300
Excellence in Math
Abigail Iloreta $300
Hui AluPreston Ikehara-Yasay $1,000
KAUAI BOARD OF REALTORS
Alia Weiss $1,000
Abigail Iloreta $2,000
LONGS DRUG
Patty Keough $1,000
GEORGE A KANNA
Kara Dastrup $1,000
HAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION
Eurielle Blair $5,000
Jason Iloreta $5,000
Hana Imai $5,000
Alia Weiss
Joanna Lau Sullivan Award $10,000
ROTARY CLUB OF KAPA’A
Abigail Iloreta $1,000
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi $1,000
OHANA MATTERS FOUNDATION
Alia Weiss $1,000
GROVE FARM FOUNDATION
Abigail Iloreta $20,000/4 Years
KAUAI FILIPINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Alana Agcaoili $1,000
KAUAI GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE’S FCU
Alyssa Mary Clark $1,000
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi $1,000
MAMORU & AIKO TAKITANI FOUNDATION
Kara Dastrup $1,000
ZONTA CLUB OF KAUAI
Kara Dastrup $1,000
S MAHELONA MEM HOSPITAL AUXILARY
Abigail Iloreta $500
KAUAI COMMUNITY FCU
Abigail Iloreta $1,000
TAKEHIKO HASEGAWA GOODWILL
Abigail Iloreta` $2,000
CITIZENSHIP AWARD
Hana Imai $1,000
NORTH SHORE LION’S CLUB
Celeste Makarewicz $500
Eurielle Blair $750
Vanessa Martinez $1,000
FOODLAND SHOP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Abigail Iloreta $2,000
Hana Imai $2,000
Victoria Tuttle $2,000
Alia Weiss $1,000
Michelle West $1,000
ZONTA CLUB OF HANALEI
Abigail Iloreta $500
Celeste Makarewicz $500
Alia Weiss $1,000
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Taro Totsy,,,,,,, $500
Michelle West $1,000
HMSA KAIMANA AWARDS
Alia Weiss $2,000
SCHOOL AWARDS
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
Alyssa Mary Clark
Ignation Award $4,000/4 Yrs
Creighton University Grant $7,000
Founders Award $44,000/4 Yrs
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
Kyla Dill Family Grant $1,000
Whitworth Academic Scholars $2,000
Presidential Scholarship $12,000
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Jason Iloreta Gonzaga Funding $6,190
Regent Scholarship $12,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Hana Imai
University of the Pacific Grant $8,500
President’s Scholarship $26,000/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Patty Keough
Nonresident Dean’s Scholarship $20,000/4 Yrs
HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Michelle West Ohana Scholarship $24,000/4 Yrs
Taryn Kaui Dean’s Scholarship $36,000/4 Yrs
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Celeste Makarewicz
Azusa Pacific University Grant $9,000
Lynsi Nakamura
Asuza Pacific University Grant $4,000
Undergraduate Director’s Grant $7,000
LEWIS & CLARK
Makena McCluskey
Lewis & Clark Grant $19,500
BOSTON COLLEGE
Seri Niimi-Burch
Boston College Scholarship $40,500/4 Yrs
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY
Maia Panon
Corpuz Presidential Scholarship $6,500/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HILO
Kaimalie Zirker
Centennial Scholarship $4,000/4 Yrs
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, MANOA
Vanessa Martinez
Fun Factory Scholarship $1,000
Alia Weiss
Centennial Scholarship $4,000/4 Yrs
Sean Shigematsu
Full Athletic Scholarship $20,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Kiah Shigeta-Koizumi
Tuition Grant Scholarship $12,000/4 Yrs
Nonresident Tuition Grant $20,000/4 Yrs
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Tori Tuttle Talent Scholarship $1,000
University Grant $1,000
Housing Grant $2,000
Southern Virginia University Scholarship $5,000
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