As colleges and universities tighten up admissions standards, some students look to improve their acceptance chances by taking the SAT multiple times. ...more

September 19, 2008

Sebring High School junior Kayla Deeson plans on graduating early, in December 2009, so at Monday's College Night she eagerly gathered information and talked to admissions counselors about her plans to study nursing. ...more

September 17, 2008

Samantha Spady was an All-American girl: homecoming queen, class president, captain of the cheerleading squad and volunteer in a drug-education program. On Labor Day weekend 2004, the 19-year-old threw herself into the drinking fun that surrounds a big football weekend at Colorado State University. ...more

August 31, 2008

The calls are coming into college financial aid offices daily. "I lost my job." ...more

August 22, 2008

As Donna Guajardo, 16, sorts through donated linens, 15-year-old Heather Beatty dries litter boxes at an animal shelter. Just a few miles away, Jeanine Tatlock, 15, shelves library books, while Brittany Prescott, 14, works with camp counselors and kids. ...more

August 20, 2008

Most parents make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted before sending their children off to college. ...more

August 17, 2008

A high-energy lady helps counsel local youth to be motivated, educated and successful. Teens and others call her "Moms," and she is known for helping them to finds jobs and other entries into improvement in life. Her idea of satisfaction is to help solve problems and to be encouraging. ...more

August 2, 2008

Soaring gas prices have been a boon to online college courses, as more Florida students forgo the commute to class. ...more

July 27, 2008

Call it the Summer of the Virtual Classroom. Years of growth in online education at Florida's colleges and universities have led to unprecedented spikes in enrollment this summer, and the momentum is building faster for the fall. ...more

July 27, 2008

No one working with even a minimal amount of intelligence can really believe that allowing perhaps 20 million illegal immigrants to remain in this nation is a good thing. ...more

July 9, 2008