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Huffington Post: At Least 32 Additional Investigations For Possible Title IX Violations

  department of education logo, screenshot Last Thursday, we wrote about the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights disclosure that 55 schools were under investigation for possible Title IX violations. The specific focus of thse violations was possible college mishandling and/or misreporting of sexual assaults. Now, however, the Department of Education has confirmed to Huffington Post that 32 additional Title IX investigations are underway.

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Tips on what not to do on your FAFSA application 2014

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College Parents of America, Weekend Reading Room (3/7/14)

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College Parents Weekend Reading Room (5/30/2014)

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College Students Speak: a study from National Alliance on Mental Illness

 (photo from flickr user marsmet481) One of the most important studies on college students and mental health came out in late 2012 form the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Unlike past studies (like this one from the Gates Foundation and Public Agenda) that focused on the fact that many students leave college to work, NAMI's College Students Speak clearly establishes that a) for those who drop out of college, that mental health plays a big factor in that decision, and b) that certain services are deemed more important to student retention and graduation than others.