Archive for January 9th, 2007
Most Teens Network Online
5:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet| children · Comments Off
9 Jan 2007
While VL has it’s own MySpace page, anyone who has a profile up on MySpace or Friendster or MiGente or any of the other countless social networking sites knows that those cyberspaces generally cater to two catagories of people: teens and those looking to hook up. A new study shows that more that half of teens use such so called social networking sites.
Older teens, girls in particular, are the most likely to have created online profiles at social networking sites such as MySpace.com and FaceBook.com. The study found that 58% of girls and 51% of boys in the 12 to 17 age group had created an online profile. Among those in the 15- to 17-year-old range, 70% of girls had online profiles compared with 57% of boys.The reasons teens use social networking sites, according to the study, include maintaining contact with frequently seen friends (91%) and rarely seen friends (82%), social planning (72%), and making new friends (49%). Only 17% say they use such sites to flirt
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New Latino Scholarship Directory released
2:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education| Money · Comments Off
9 Jan 2007
Live in California and need money for college or know someone who does? The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute has just announced a new directory for Latinos looking for college dollars:
The directory, which was originally released in early november 2006, has been viewed online more than 15,000 times and quickly sold out its initial print run.Now in its second printing, the directory has been expanded to include more than 20 of the largest national scholarship funders, providing millions of dollars of additional scholarship opportunities for California’s Latino students.
Printed copies will be distributed through the Sallie Mae Fund’s national “paying for college” bus tour, which launches its California tour today. Additional scholarship directories will be distributed by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, and by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund at their programs throughout Southern California.
Get more info and download the online version at LatinoCollegeDollars.org.
Thanks to reader Cindylu for the tip!
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