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The college diplomas of the nation's top executives tell an intriguing story: Getting to the corner office has more to do with leadership talent and a drive for success than it does with having an undergraduate degree from a prestigious university.

Most CEOs of the biggest corporations didn't attend Ivy League or other highly selective colleges. They went to state universities, big and small, or to less-known private colleges.

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Kaarme now provides access to your student resume for high school guidance departments, colleges, and coaches. Use your resume link on college, scholarship, and work applications. Your unique address is listed at the top of your profile when you log in.

Facebook is great for sharing with friends, but it may be damaging to share with colleges and employers. Send colleges, employers and counselors to your Kaarme resume instead. They'll get all the details you want them to know about you, without the noise of a social networking site.

Store and update all your resume data in one place. Student Resumes are less work, more accessible, and easier to manage with Kaarme.

Kaarme now provides a "Safe" scholarship search plug-in for High School, College, Department of Education, College Access Network, Scholarship Foundation, and Counselor websites. With our plug-in, these organizations can include scholarship search features in their own websites, with their branding, to seamlessly provide valuable new content for their users.

Partners can integrate the Kaarme scholarship pages as an add-on enhancement or as a cost effective solution for their entire scholarship program.

The Department of Education (ED) and the Obama Administration kicked off 2009 with a goal to get America on track and to return to being number one in the world in high school and college graduation rates, school readiness and overall academic achievement. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the profound impact of the President’s commitment and personal example were the bookends for this unparalleled effort to significantly improve our country’s education system. The year 2009 will likely be remembered as a breakthrough year for education reform and a guidepost for what is to come.

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Each year, about 15 million students apply for grants, work-study, and loans for college using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – the FAFSA. By completing it, students apply to the U.S. Department of Education, the largest source of student aid in America. In many cases, the FAFSA is the only application needed for students to obtain aid from their state or college, too.

Eric and Cole Yaverbaum are interviewed on Fox Business Network regarding their new book "Life's LIttle College Admissions Insight" - Top Tips From the Country's Most Acclaimed Guidance Counselors. They recommend parents should "be your child’s clerical concierge. Make a file box before freshman year. Quietly collect everything your kid would otherwise lose." In addition, don't use the term "safety school", but instead scholarship safety school.

Myron Rolle has learned to balance his love for football with his focus on education at a young age. Whether it was doing his homework on the practice field or missing part of his football game to interview for the Rhodes Scholarship, Myron is a role model for all students who excel in sports while pursuing their academic goals. Currently, Myron has postponed his NFL career to study at Oxford University. This is his story.

Myron Rolle talks about his decision to defer the 2009 NFL Draft to pursue a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University.

On September 21, the Department of Education launched the I Am What I Learn video contest which encouraged students to share their stories about the importance of education to achieving their dreams. Shane Battier shares his story here.

Go to youtube.com/iamwhatilearn to watch the top ten videos and vote for your favorite!

Shane Battier and Myron Rolle taped video addresses for the “I Am What I Learn” video contest, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and YouTube. In their videos, they each describe the role education plays in their lives, and they encourage students to dedicate themselves to their own education.

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Thanks to the support of a number of prominent scholarship organizations, students, parents, high schools, and counselors, Kaarme’s Scholarships Search and these other publicly available directories have made their way to the first page of Google’s natural search results:

     • Find Scholarships
     • Colleges With Learning Disability Programs
     • List of Catholic Colleges
     • Colleges That Offer Scholarships