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Protecting yourself from a poor college investment

  image by flickr user 401(K)2012, cc license One theme that Payscale's College (and college major) Return on Investment study hits hard is that colleges are not equal. Certain schools perform, on average, better than others in helping students earn a successful and well-paying career. The same can be said for majors; an engineering degree is a safer economic investment than an education degree. The Brookings Institute took this investigation a bit deeper. Specifically looking at school selectivity and graduation rates, as well as debt, earnings and other degree-related outcomes, they concluded, too, that colleges and majors are not made equal. However, they also emphasized that not all colleges are worth the investment.

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What do you want in a college application? Goucher College provides a new option

  NYU acceptance letter by flickr user mt23, cc license What do you want in a college application? And what kind of college applications can accompllsh the dual goal of predicting college success as well as capturing the uniqueness of each applicant? These are important questions to which Goucher College has come up with an innovative answer. 
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College Parents of America, Weekend Reading Room (6/6/14)

image of NYC library reading room by flickr user MichaelKuhn_pics (cc license) Looking for an early jump on your Sunday paper? College Parents of America recommends that you try these recent stories about higher education.
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Roundup of Internship Resources

With the semester ending and the summer coming, many students are looking for an internship position, hoping to gain some real-life experience and even land a job placement. Your student may be frustrated by the amount of the internship information from the campus career office, the internet and even his social groups. Naturally, as a parent you'll have some questions of your own: Where should my student and I be searching? How can I help ease some of my student's internship stress? How can I give constructive advice but give my student the space s/he needs?
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