Colleges Use Facebook to Recruit Students

As students 'friend' admissions officers schools embrace social media.

By
MEG WAGNER
March 30, 2011, 1:04 PM ET
1 min read

April 1, 2011— -- Laura Harrison always knew she wanted to go to Brigham Young University. The 17-year-old from El Dorado Hills, Calif., calls the Utah school her "one and only" and only bothered to apply to one back-up college.

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