SouthwesternA Note from Southwestern Region VP Richard Middleton
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Dec. 2011
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VP Richard Middleton |
As the holidays approach, preparations are well under way for the 2012 Southwestern Regional Forum, which will be held Feb. 2–3 in Little Rock, Ark. The SWRO is excited to provide relevant and thought-provoking sessions that will offer you opportunities to:
- Attend workshops designed to help you become even more effective in your job — whether you counsel and educate students or manage enrollment and administer financial aid;
- Learn from prominent experts in education and politics;
- Network with peers in your region as you discuss strategies and best practices developed to increase student achievement; and
- Walk away with insight and practical tools you can use to implement important change.
Please join dynamic education professionals from the Southwestern Region for an opportunity to invest in the shared goal of student success. The Clinton Library will have extended hours with free admission just for SWRO Regional Forum attendees. For more information and how to registration, click here.
Texas Counselors Speak Out in National Survey from the College Board
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Dec. 2011
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Texas House Rep. Joaquin Castro |
Counselors, administrators, political leaders and other education supporters gathered in Austin, Texas, in November to learn more about the findings of a national survey of school counselors and to celebrate policies that support them.
Rally in Houston Highlights Five Ways Ed Pays
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Dec. 2011
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Hundreds of Houston students and their families learned more about the value of a college education at a Nov. 16 rally highlighting the College Board’s Five Ways Ed Pays campaign.
Colleges and Universities Employ the College Board's Net Price Calculator
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Dec. 2011
Hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States are utilizing the College Board’s Net Price Calculator to assist families in understanding the true costs of higher education.
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 requires that college and university websites offer customized approximations of college costs based on standardized inputs — family size and amount of savings, for example. With this tool, students and families can see the approximate financial aid they might receive and how it decreases the institution’s “list price.” Its purpose is to give prospective students a clearer picture of the net price, or actual cost, of attending a particular institution.
Texas Teens Win Scholarships in Siemens Competition
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Dec. 2011
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(From left) Andrew Xu, Lowell High School, San Francisco, Calif.; and Kevin Tian, Westwood High School, Austin, Texas (Mathematics); Kevin Chang, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, Texas |
Two Texas teens, along with a California student, will share $20,000 in scholarships for their entry in the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
