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Colleges and high schools are both institutions that exist to educate students, but there are a lot of differences between the two.

Making the transition from high school to college is a big step for everyone and it involves a lot more than getting used to living in a dorm or studying more often.

You can find some information below that should help make the transition from high school to college a little smoother.

Differences Between High School and College

It happens to the best of us—even high school valedictorians can be in for a rude awakening after taking their first college exam, and extremely outgoing sociable people can wind up homesick.

Most people usually know that college classes are larger than they were in high school, but the newfound freedom that comes along with living on your own for the first time can cause some getting used to.

Living Arrangements

During high school, you most likely lived at home rent-free with your parents and siblings. M

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Enrollment is on the rise at community colleges across the United States.

In many cases state budget cuts have made hiring new faculty next to impossible, causing crowded classes to become the norm. Waiting lists for courses include nearly one student for every two actually enrolled in the course.

Rising Community College Enrollment is a National Trend

Throughout the fall 2009 semester, community colleges across the country had been reporting increased enrollment. The American Association of Community Colleges created a survey to see if these individual schools’ results represented a national trend.

The results of the organization’s survey were published as a report entitled Community College Enrollment Surge: An Analysis of Estimated Fall 2009 Headcount Enrollments at Community Colleges, in December 2009, claiming that high enrollment did in fact seem to be a widespread trend. The

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Should college athletes be paid to play? The argument over whether or not college athletes should be compensated for their talents has generated a widespread and rather heated debate in recent months.

National Collegiate Athletic Association investigations found that improper benefits were given to New Orleans Saints player Reggie Bush while he was a student athlete at the University of Southern California.

USC Found Guilty of Violations

The NCAA conducted investigations of alleged violations over a period of four years, and USC was heavily penalized by the NCAA in June 2010. The NCAA ruled that Bush that violated its rules by accepting gifts, cash and benefits while playing football at USC, conflicting with his “amateur” status and therefore making him ineligible as a college athlete. Bus

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College football was on the minds of many today, but September 11th memorial services were held in remembrance of lives lost in the terrorist attacks nine years ago—friends and family members of 9/11 victims gathered at the World Trade Center site in New York City, and President Barack Obama attended a service in Washington, D.C. Additionally, various 9/11 events were held at colleges and universities across the United States.

Most Americans refer to the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks as “Nine Eleven” or simply “September 11th” but President George W. Bush signed a law designating the date to be known as Patriot Day on December 18, 2001. The American flag is to be flown at half-staff at individual homes, the White House, and on all U.S. governmen

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Going to college and earning a degree is a goal of many, but the truth is that a lot of students have no idea what they’re getting into. Young people that are the first in their family to continue on past high school often have little or no guidance in the college application and admissions process.

Even students whose parents did go to college might not have a clear picture of everything—things are a lot different these days than they were twenty or thirty years ago when your parents were in school. Onl

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  Student aid forms like federal government FAFSA are complicated and difficult for students and parents of first generation college students to fill out. There are a myriad of complex college and state aid programs as well. The Illinois Student Assistance Corps is serving as a guide for potential first-generation college students from low-income families to navigate the paperwork and search process of securing grants, scholarships and financial aid. The state-operated organization launched in 2009 with a team of  college student and adult mentors based out of the state’s communities colleges visit high schools and community centers. Statewide filings for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid increased 8% in the organization’s first year