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- Service helps detect student plagiarism
The detection of such wholesale cheating in college applications is on the rise due to the use of Turnitin for Admissions, an anti-plagiarism database service that compares student essays to an immense archive of other writings.
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation
(Reuters) - Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate in fewer semesters. These schools -- typically small private colleges like University of Charleston, Cabrini College and Midland University that lack the cachet of top-tier colleges and ...
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - Students: Rankings Aren't Main Reason in College Choice
Once again, a large scale social research study has contradicted the belief by many in higher education that the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings are the primary factor in the average student's choice of college. That conclusion comes from UCLA's just-released "The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2011," a highly regarded annual survey. This year's data is based on the responses of 203,967 ...
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - CORRECTING and REPLACING Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Announces Total of $200,000 Community Grants for ...
In the release dated January 31, 2012, in the second bullet point, the grant amount for California Council on Economic Education , MoneyWise Teen, should read: $15,000 (sted:
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - Copy, paste, caught: Plagiarists beware
LOS ANGELES - The student's admissions essay for Boston University's MBA program was about persevering in the business world.
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - TNGG: Disowned LGBT Students Need Financial Aid Help
It's difficult for college students to erase their "dependent" status, until they become officially "independent" of their families at age 24. Until then, the Dept. of Education operates under the assumption that parents are providing toward their child's postsecondary education.
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them
UCLA's Anderson School of Management and Stanford University are among more than 100 colleges using Turnitin's database to detect plagiarism in application essays. The student's admissions essay for Boston University's MBA program was about persevering in the business world. "I have worked for organizations in which the culture has been open and nurturing, and for others that have been elitist ...
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - Legislation seeks more aid for college athletes
The legislation would require large athletic programs to cover all sports-related medical expenses incurred by athletes. In addition, the legislation would require college athletic programs to continue providing financial aid to students whose athletic scholarships are revoked despite being in in good standing.
ucla financial aid 05 Feb 2012 - Only 58% of Kids Go to the Colleges They Most Want to Attend
There's some sour news today for high schoolers who just finished their college applications. According to a new study out of UCLA, only 57.9 percent of today's college freshmen got into their first-choice school, the lowest proportion ever since researchers started asking that question in 1974. The drop from 60.1 percent last year continues a decline that began in 2006.
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