| A Financial-Aid Bias?
The financial-aid determination process is pretty much a black box. You put your data in, whether on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form handled by the U.S. Education Department or the College Scholarship Service (CSS) form processed by the College Board, send along last year's tax forms and out the other end come scholarship and loan packages from the colleges that have accepted your child. How those numbers are determined is up to each school's own financial-aid office. But there's a surprising degree of sameness in the way these offices operate and in the lack of explanation they provide to parents. And it's no wonder they look so similar: They are all using the same playbook. The College Board, a membership organization of most colleges and universities in the country, claims it doesn't tell schools how to evaluate financial need.
the has-been
Put to Bed: For centuries, the criminal defense bar has snickered that any lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. With his fateful guilty plea last month, Larry Craig proved that the old adage holds true for nonlawyers as well. Solicitation may be a victimless crime, but in a case of self-immolation, it's hard to tell where perp ends and victim begins. Now Craig has more lawyers than a Boston Legal washroom. But so far, the only defense they've given him is that he waited so long to hire them. In his original guilty plea, he clearly waived the right to counsel. On the line of the form that states, "I am/am not represented by an attorney," Craig circled "am not." Of course, Craig's lawyers might argue, circling the am-not box doesn't mean you understand it. Craig is desperately trying to play the victim, but he can tell it to the judge.
Ledger's Funeral Arrangements a Mystery
That eliminated "any need to interview Miss Olsen," he said.Ledger's family placed a death notice in The West Australian, a newspaper based in his hometown of Perth, remembering him as "the most amazing 'old soul' in a young man's body."The actor's sister, Kate, said she could "hardly breathe" as she tried to write her tribute. "We were the ultimate soul mates," she said."You were so many things to so many people, but to me you were just my little brother."The cause of Ledger's death will not be known for at least a week, after medical examiners complete toxicology tests. Authorities suspect a possible drug overdose. Several prescription drugs were found in the Manhattan apartment where Ledger's body was found. .
A ‘Rainbow’ Approach to Admissions
Sternberg said that diversity was a key goal of reforming college admissions. He said that he rejected the notion that the SAT doesn’t add anything to the college admissions process. But he said that the SAT tends to have the most predictive ability for those from wealthier parts of society. By broadening the measures looked at, he said, colleges can have better predictive tools for all students. "It’s not that the analytical skills measured by the SAT aren’t important," he said. "But they aren’t enough. We have to stop putting so much emphasis on only a sliver of the abilities that kids can bring to college." — Scott Jaschik Comments .
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