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Fewer Colleges Require Physical Education Classes to Graduate: Study

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Roughly 32% of colleges require a physical education course to graduate, according to an Oregon State study. That figure has declined by about 7 percentage points since 2010, according to the study. The culture has shifted to where physical activity continues to be stripped out of daily life."

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Update: What the Federal Student Loan Servicing Shake-Up Means for Borrowers

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In 2010, the federal government eliminated the bank-based student loan program (formerly the Federal Family Education Loan Program, or FFELP) in favor of originating loans directly from the Department of Education). In addition, state regulators have begun implementing regulations to protect students from unscrupulous servicing behavior.

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NCAA Recommends Expanding March Madness to 90 Teams

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Next March, you might be filling out an office-pool bracket consisting of 90 teams. Next March, you might be filling out an office-pool bracket consisting of 90 teams. When the NCAA was shopping for a television home for March Madness in 2010, it advocated expanding the field to a whopping 96 teams. million viewers per game.

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Tips and Examples for UT-Austin “Please share background on events or special circumstances that you feel may have impacted your high school academic performance, including COVID-19.”

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Check out my new book Surviving the College Admissions Madness and Youtube Channel There is a related prompt for Transfer students only called Essay C special circumstances that you can opt to submit in substitute for the Essay E Issue of Importance. Some students used this as an opportunity to present special circumstances.

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Should You Go to College?

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This post isn’t of the influencer bro type telling you college is a scam, that only suckers work 9-5s, and that you should drop out and trade Forex or Gamestop meme stocks. His wife Ester dropped out of high school to sing in a rock band. Should you earn a college degree at all? It transformed my life and the lives of countless others.