ACT Registration Deadlines and College Planning Workshop
High school students must register for the ACT by Sept 21 postmark with Oct 5 late registration. Test fee is $24. Information and online registration at act.org. A college planning workshop at Ottawa High School at 7 p.m. features funding guidance and ACT timelines. Local students also noted joining sororities at ESU and KU Mount Oread Scholars program for top students.
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ACT
Act.org
Sheldon Woolery
College Advisors
Ottawa
Marilyn Sigmund
OHS
Sigmund
Woolery
Mount Oread
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Holly Jean Benjamin
Tara Elizabeth Fritz
Garnett
Caleb Wayne Knoernschild
Lyndon
Alternative certification helps fill vacancies in Kansas
Pittsburg State University leads a two year alternative certification program amid teacher shortages reaching 530 openings statewide. Kansas City Kansas and Missouri programs expand to mentor and certify career professionals into teaching with strong screening to ensure classroom readiness.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Pittsburg State University
Andy Tompins
Kansas City
Kan
Carroll Macke
Macke
Pittsburg State
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Howard Smith
Lenexa
Smith
Martha Gage
Gage
Dartmouth offers freshmen year deferment for free housing
A housing crunch pushes colleges to expand dorms and reconfigure spaces. Dartmouth College grants 14 freshmen a deferral in exchange for a free housing year, a $5,000 value tied to higher enrollments. Bates College also increases freshmen housing to four per room as applications rise nationwide.
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Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Anthony Bramante
Barmak Nassirian
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Bates
SAT scores show little change from last year
The College Board reported average SAT scores for this year’s 1.3 million graduates at 506 verbal and 514 math, only one point higher than last year. Women and minorities remain behind men and whites, with disparities blamed on unequal access to quality education by Caperton and policymakers.
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Associated Press
College
Gaston Caperton
College Board
Caperton
West Virginia
Rod Paige
Gregory Cizek
University of North Carolina
Educational Testing Service
Princeton
N.J
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ESU
Emporian State University
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Jessica James
Christy Terry
Pomona
Chi Omega
Allyson Lyman
Desmon Jamison
Waverly
Mance
LY 405
Sabyeyee
Macon
Eae
Riot Renttt Met
AREF
KON
ANC
Ween
Oke
Auctio
Williamsburg
Lori Hamilton
Judy Roberts
Charla Gilkey
Wiliamsburg Jayhawker
Clut
Aed
Joe
Jill Warren
Otows Manipal
Oma
MosteCard
First Baptist Church
Forrest Lowry
Craig Dengel
Ron Hesse
Ron Keim
S. Hickory
Pantie
FAS
Lear
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