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		<title>Finance = Educational Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teaching young people — and their parents — how to better save and spend their money is a critical component to increasing college-going rates in the U.S., warned a panel of experts who spoke this week at the National Association of State Treasurers meeting in Salt Lake City. According to panelist Margaret Clancy, director of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/featured-articles/finance-educational-success/</link>
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		<title>Help for the &#8216;college capable&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Rosado was in the National Honor Society when he graduated from the Rochester City School District. Now a freshman at Monroe Community College, Rosado, a young Latino male, says he knows he&#8217;s bucking the odds. &#8220;I was seeing others around me &#8211; my friends &#8211; and they made some bad decisions,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/featured-articles/help-for-the-college-capable/</link>
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		<title>Race to $700 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Yorkers are facing higher taxes and fees and more and more cuts to critical services thanks to a looming $9.2 billion budget deficit. At a time when New Yorkers are already feeling the financial strain of the grim budget crisis &#8212; from their pocketbooks to their children&#8217;s classrooms &#8212; the legislature has been given [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/race-to-700-million/</link>
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		<title>Budget Cuts Unfair Target</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report produced by Citizen Action of New York indicates that spending cuts included in the governor&#8217;s budget proposal would increase racial and ethnic disparities in New York. The report, called Race Matters Impact of the 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals, seeks to show how cuts to state programs would fall disproportionately on ethnic and racial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/featured-articles/budget-cuts-unfair-target/</link>
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		<title>Aim High Without Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid debates about encouraging all Americans to get at least some postsecondary education, a potential downside has been identified. Social scientists have long speculated that those who aspire to a college degree but fail to attain one will suffer psychologically as a result of reaching too high for dreams they couldn&#8217;t realize. But new research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/aim-high-without-fear/</link>
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		<title>Cutting TAP Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, NY (01/20/2010)&#8211; which represents 26 accredited, degree-granting colleges throughout New York, urged the Legislature to reject the governor&#8217;s proposed cuts to the state&#8217;s vital Tuition Assistance Program. Governor Paterson on Tuesday released his proposed 2010-11 Executive Budget, which included proposals to reduce all TAP awards by $75 and cut the maximum TAP award for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/governors-plan-on-cutting-tap-funding/</link>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s New Agenda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost a year after assuming leadership, the administration of Barack Obama has taken on enormous tasks in confronting the recession that has gripped the U.S. economy. Americans have watched tentatively as the president has extended federal powers into handling corporate bailouts, overseeing the rehabilitation of banks and General Motors, laying the groundwork for reshaping national [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/obama%e2%80%99s-higher-education-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Future of Textbook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about lugging huge textbooks around high school and college may leave some with a pain in their back, not to mention their wallets. Bulky, expensive textbooks have been the standard for decades, but that may be about to change. With the evolution of high quality digital texts and the prevalence of Internet access in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/10-predictions-for-the-future-of-the-textbook/</link>
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		<title>CollegeWeekLive Paying for College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need help paying for college? Check out www.collegeweeklive.com, the world’s largest college fair! It’s online and FREE! CollegeWeekLive Paying for College is dedicated to help parents, students &#38; financial aid administrators find creative and affordable ways to fund a college education. Attendees can text chat live with financial aid representatives from participating schools and watch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/collegeweeklive-paying-for-college/</link>
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		<title>New York&#8217;s Best Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately my e-mail inbox has been been getting filled with notices about reductions in financial aid. I am currently a full covered HEOP 4th year student. There are only a few &#8220;scholarships&#8221; that fund my education. TAP, the Tuition Assistance Program, is one of those biggest provider. They provide me with almost three thousand dollars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/blog/letters/college-students-are-new-yorks-best-investment/</link>
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