A report from U.S. News & World Report: Parents and students spend thousands of dollars on publications that are aimed at helping kids gain admission to the top colleges and universities in the country. Now, some of those parents and students are putting those dollars to use in an attempt to gain admission to the [...]

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A report from Twin Cities Planet: October 16, 2011 Admission Possible has expanded this fall to two suburban high schools: Kennedy High School in Bloomington and Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park. The program is committed to making college admission and success possible for low-income students. A total of 40 juniors are taking part [...]

A report from ABC News: The case of a Great Neck, N.Y., man accused of being paid to take the SAT for high school students is once again prompting questions nationwide about how much cheating goes on in the world of high-stakes testing. It’s also renewing concerns that the pressure placed on students to score [...]

A report from Christian Science Monitor: Six high school students in Great Neck, N.Y., are facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly paying $ 1,500 to $ 2,500 to Samuel Eshaghoff to take the SAT for them. Is the pressure to succeed too great? The case of a Great Neck, N.Y., man accused of being paid to [...]

A report from NOLA.com: Despite gains in student performance in many New Orleans schools, in two years most of the city’s public high school graduates might no longer qualify to attend any of Louisiana’s public universities immediately after graduation. The reason is more stringent college admissions requirements to be phased in over the next two years. [...]

A report from WXIA-TV: ATLANTA – Starting in Fall 2012, Georgia high school students will see their curriculum organized in a completely different way. The plan is called the Career Pathway Initiative, a new way of organizing high school courses to look more like college and give students an early start on a career path. The [...]

A report from The Augusta Chronicle: Staff Writer As more than 8,000 high school students and their parents streamed through the doors of the James Brown Arena on Thursday night, Lauren Bowling and her mom, Linda Cloer, tucked themselves in a corner to take their first look at a list of the nearly 160 colleges [...]

A report from The Moral Liberal: School Days, EducationNews.org According to a new study by the College Board, the majority of students who just completed their freshman year of college feel that higher education is essential and worth the time and expense. But they do wish high school had prepared them better, writes Liz Dwyer [...]

A report from Chicago Tribune:Ariana Taylor thought she was ready for college after taking Advanced Placement physics and English at her Chicago public high school and graduating with a 3.2 GPA. Instead, at Illinois State University, she was overwhelmed by her course load and the demands of college. Her GPA freshman year dropped to 2.7 [...]