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		<title>Shortening College Careers Could Hinder Career Paths</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/10/22/shortening-college-careers-could-hinder-career-paths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, a former University of Tennessee president, is bringing the idea of three-year degrees back into the news with this week’s column in Newsweek.
As a parent of a 3-year-old, I’m already dreading how much it’s going to cost to send my son to college and applaud any plan to cut those expenses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Test: Students Still Stuck on Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/10/21/kindle-test-students-still-stuck-on-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/10/21/kindle-test-students-still-stuck-on-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised the other day to see a college student I know pull out a stack of index cards and flip through them while studying for a big test. She and her friends constantly text and communicate via Facebook, but when it comes to taking notes and marking important passages in a textbook, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is a Traditional College Student, Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/10/13/what-is-a-traditional-college-student-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/10/13/what-is-a-traditional-college-student-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The traditional college freshman is 18 years old. But here at The CollegeBound Network, we are declaring shenanigans on the idea of what is “traditional.” In fact, I am going to pretend this blog is a mountaintop, and I’m going to shout out this message:
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO GO TO COLLEGE.
Maybe you decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAT Scores Take a Dip</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/08/27/sat-scores-take-a-dip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/08/27/sat-scores-take-a-dip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some bad news as high school students prepare to head back to school: SAT scores have taken a slight dip and the gap between minorities and their white and Asian-American counterparts is only increasing.
But the decrease isn&#8217;t as bad as you might fear. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Lectures Make Learning Free and Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/08/26/online-lectures-make-learning-free-and-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/08/26/online-lectures-make-learning-free-and-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Test Prep]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who says you have to shell out top dollar or leave your home state in order to receive an Ivy-League caliber education? Thanks to the power of the Internet, dozens of colleges and universities from across the country have made it possible for students to download and view lectures from some of their top professors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges Consider Three-Year Degrees</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/07/28/colleges-consider-three-year-degrees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/07/28/colleges-consider-three-year-degrees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting college is always a daunting prospect, but what if you knew that instead of spending four years working on a degree, you could finish all of your schooling in just three years &#8212; saving time and money in the process? It&#8217;s an option that some students have pursued on their own, but now some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rochester Students Want Cafeteria Leftovers To Go Green</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/07/14/rochester-students-want-cafeteria-leftovers-to-go-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/07/14/rochester-students-want-cafeteria-leftovers-to-go-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green projects on campus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think about your average college cafeteria and the tons of waste it produces each year &#8212; whether in terms of leftover food, waste products, or cooking oil. While some students may accept it as the status quo, a small group of students from the University of Rochester in New York decided to at least put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which College Urban Legends Are For Real?</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/21/which-college-urban-legends-are-for-real/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/21/which-college-urban-legends-are-for-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Craziness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop culture & college]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever played the icebreaker game “Two truths and a lie”? Basically, each person tells the group three things about herself, and the group has to decide which two items are true, and which one is the lie.
Sound easy? Try your hand at the game with these college urban legends. Choose the lie before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Forces Schools To Cut Sports</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/14/recession-forces-schools-to-cut-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/14/recession-forces-schools-to-cut-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official: the latest victim of the recession, is the higher education system – specifically, college sports teams. From cross-country to skiing, schools have been forced to halt scholarships and cut some teams entirely or face troubling budget deficits.
Here is a small sampling of the colleges affected: Stanford University&#8217;s fencing team will have to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Campuses and H1N1 (Swine Flu)</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/04/college-campuses-and-h1n1-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/05/04/college-campuses-and-h1n1-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina LaGuardia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With their close quarters and high population density, as well as some students’ rebelliously unhygienic ways, college campuses are popular breeding grounds for disease and viruses. Combine all this with the fact that many students regularly travel abroad – whether for spring break or study abroad programs – and you’ll understand why college administrators sit [...]]]></description>
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