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New Colleges Accepting the Common App
The Common Application announces the admission of 23 new members (two of which are public institutions) to the Common Application membership association for next year. The new members are: Bay Path College (Massachusetts), Belmont University (Tennessee), Bethany College (West Virginia), Burlington College (Vermont), California Institute of Technology, Catholic University (DC), Champlain College (Vermont), Creighton University (Nebraska), Doane College (Nebraska), Drexel University (Pennsylvania), Geneseo College (SUNY), Green Mountain College (Vermont), Hillsdale College (Michigan), Lawrence Technical University (Michigan), Marist College (New York), Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Nichols College (Massachusetts), Northwestern University (Illinois), University of Pennsylvania, Sacred Heart University (Connecticut), Seton Hall University (New Jersey), Siena College (New York).

Colleges Increasing Enrollment
Claremont McKenna in California just decided to increase its enrollment from 1,040 to 1,110 students. Pomona College, a Claremont McKenna neighbor, is planning to increase enrollment - currently 1,500 - by 10 percent. Amherst College in Massachussetts has just unveiled a plan to increase the size of each entering class, currently 410-425 students, by another 15-25 students. Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania (total enrollment just over 1,200) is currently conducting a feasibility study about its enrollment size. Grinnell College last year decided to grow on-campus enrollments by about 150 students, to 1,500. And these moves - all of which involve creating faculty slots as well - follow shifts involving even larger numbers of students at places like Middlebury and Gettysburg Colleges.
From the Inside Higher Education Newsletter

An interesting article written by a high school student
Here's how to simplify application process - Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - Feb 28, 2006. By FAN ZHOU.
Fan Zhou is in the process of applying to and choosing a college. He applied to 10 schools, nine of which are ranked in the nation's top 50. ...

A New Study
"Study: Reading Key to College Success" by BEN FELLER
The Associated Press, Wednesday, March 1, 2006; 3:21 AM
WASHINGTON -- The ability to handle complex reading is the major factor separating high school students who are ready for college reading from those who are not, according to a new report.

In the CPS ARCHIVES:

February 2006 Newsletter
January 2006 Newsletter
November 2005 Newsletter
October 2005 Newsletter
September 2005 Newsletter
August 2005 Newsletter
July 2005 Newsletter
June 2005 Newsletter

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