Archive for December, 2009

Who does the IRS audit?

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

“Keep IRS auditors away: Earn less than $200,000″
Want to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won’t bother you 99 percent of the time.
IRS enforcement numbers, released Tuesday, show that returns under that amount have a 1 percent chance of getting audited.
Returns showing income of $200,000 and above have a nearly [...]

The American Graduation Initiative: Obama’s plan

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

“The American Graduation Initiative”
The American Graduation Initiative will build on the strengths of community colleges and usher in new innovations and reforms for the 21st century economy.
It will:
Call for 5 Million Additional Community College Graduates: President Obama called for America to once again lead the world in college degrees by 2020. Affordable, open-enrollment community colleges [...]

scholarships

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

RONALD MC DONALD HOUSE CHARITIES – Deadline 2/16/2010
The Ronald McDonald House Charities U.S. Scholarship Program seeks to invest in students who are exemplary role models in their communities and have the initiative to fulfill their educational goals.
To help them accomplish this, the network of U.S. Chapters, along with RMHC Global, offers scholarships to students in [...]

college discriminates between genders

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Sex bias probe in colleges’ selections
Yep, colleges do discriminate between male and female students. Here is an article from the Washington Post.
Panel to study whether men are favored in area schools’ admissions By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 14, 2009
Civil rights investigators will soon begin reviewing admissions data from a sampling of [...]