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		<title>Governor&#8217;s Plan on 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 all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/governors-plan-on-cutting-tap-funding/</link>
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		<title>Obama’s Higher Education Agenda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May Lead to Expanded Federal Role
by  			Ronald Roach 		 	, December 21, 2009
Permalink: http://diverseeducation.com/article/13280/obama-s-higher-education-agenda-may-lead-to-expanded-federal-role.html

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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/obama%e2%80%99s-higher-education-agenda/</link>
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		<title>10 Predictions for the Future of the 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/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 keynote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/collegeweeklive-paying-for-college/</link>
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		<title>College Students are 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/letters/college-students-are-new-yorks-best-investment/</link>
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		<title>CollegeWeekLive Fall-BIG event of the year!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kick your college search into high gear with 4 days of 300 universities and 2,000 admissions reps and much more! CollegeWeekLive brings the largest online college fair in the world to your computer this week for free!
CollegeWeekLive Fall
Wednesday November 4th thru Saturday November 7th
at http://www.collegeweeklive.com
Why are tens of thousands of high school students logging in?
Watch live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/collegeweeklive-fall-big-event-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Connect Live with Admissions from 300 Colleges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello students!
Are you deep in the college admissions process? Then make sure to Login to CollegeWeekLive.com Wednesday November 4th through Saturday November 7th. It’s the world’s largest college fair, free and online! Register now at www.CollegeWeekLive.com.
Video and text chat live with admissions representatives from HUNDREDS of colleges.  Click here for participating schools: http://www.collegeweeklive.com/colleges.html.
Video chat with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/events/connect-live-with-admissions-from-300-colleges/</link>
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		<title>Closing the Door Won’t Close the Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I received a forwarded e-mail from my HEOP counselor who requested that this message is forwarded to anyone who this will affect. I thought, why not just publish it on this site. This message was originally from William Short, the director of the Author O. Eve HEOP at St. Lawrence University and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/letters/closing-the-door-won%e2%80%99t-close-the-gap/</link>
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		<title>Ferreting Out Financial Aid Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I normally go around the web and search for articles to read. I mostly end up reading magazines such as PopularMechanics or Science Direct. However, today, I decided to read up on Education and how it&#8217;s coping with the ever-so-changing world. On my search for an interesting article to read, I ran into InsideHigherEd.com. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/ferreting-out-financial-aid-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Oklahoma High School Citizenship Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many high school students throughout the world are very smart when it comes to: math, science and geography. But what about politics and history? The Oklahoma Council of Public Affair ran a organized commissioned study to determine the level of basic civics knowledge at Oklahoma High. To their shock this is what they found out..]]></description>
		<link>http://heop.org/news/oklahoma-high-school-citizenship-test/</link>
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