on Sunday has passed a bill that is going to delay the math and science requirements in the WASL exam. The bill would delay the requirement for no later than the class of 2013.

from the New York Times.

Article one is on the Nelnet Company. They have come out to say they have given plane tickets to financial aid officers and have paid college officials for speaking engagements.

The second article is on loan companies to counsel students on paying back student loans.

by the New York Times. Included in this special report is a video looking at 4 community college students which also get an article writeup.

The one on the bartender from California had an interesting fact in it. The bartender says that 3 out four applicants immediately get accepted, but wind up on a waiting list. The San Diego City College president says that it is not uncommon up and down the state to have wait lists that go two and three years out.

That right there certainly showcases the total lack of classrooms and teachers needed to solve the crisis that can easily occur when the baby boomers in the nursing field retire.

The LA Times reports on this grass-roots group that helped students get into college with a college fair. The article says that 58% of 543 students surveyed at Lincoln High School said no teacher, counselor or administrator had ever explained the academic requirements to get into college.

on students trying to get into elite colleges. One student in the article sent out 14 applications to different colleges.

Also the Rocky Mountain News reports on this as well. This article talks to a few students on the college they want to attend.

In a second article they say the squeeze on applicants is not so tight.

the math portion of the TAKS exam in record numbers. 85% of the students who took the English version of the exam passed it up from 81% one year ago and 50% passed the Spanish version of the exam up 3% from year ago.