10 Ways to Save the Pell Grant Source: U.S. News: Education By: Lynn O'Shaughnessy The Pell Grant, which is considered a financial aid lifesaver for the nation's neediest college students, is in danger of getting a buzz cut. Colleges Scramble to Avoid Violating Federal-Aid Limit Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education By: Goldie Blumenstyk Corinthian Colleges Inc.'s decision this winter to raise tuition at dozens of its Everest, Heald, and WyoTech campuses by an average of 12 percent, knowing that most of its students would have to go even further into debt, had nothing to do with rising costs or any improvements it was making in the curricula. Trustees Are Pressed to Demand Data About Educational Quality at the Colleges They Serve Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education By: Jack Stripling Boards will gain credibility only if "no one is asking harder questions of our institutions than we are," a speaker told board members at a national meeting. 10 College Admissions Trends Source: The Daily Beast By: Kristina Dell The toughest college admissions year on record reached its apex this week as nervous seniors obsessively checked their email or a website to discover their fates. While most final decisions won't be made until May 1, when most school deposits are due. The Daily Beast spoke with admissions officers, guidance counselors, and college consultants to hear about the most surprising trends from this year's applicant pool and what to look for in the next six weeks. Admissions Figures on Elon, Harvey Mudd, Brandeis and Nearly 100 Other CollegesSource: The New York Times - The Choice Blog By: Jacques Steinberg In the few days since we began publishing our running tally on how many students applied to - and were accepted by - various colleges and universities this year, the ledger has more than doubled, to 100. Those of you who've been following this exercise know that our table is to be read with several caveats in mind. Which is not to say that these figures are not telling and instructive - even for those of us who did not apply to any of these institutions this year.
