A new book written by three Chinese undergraduates now attending liberal arts degrees at American colleges highlights the many advantages of smaller colleges for Chinese students and their families who hope to study in the United States.
The book, written in Chinese, aims to educate Chinese families about schools beyond the Ivy League and the large [...]
In yesterday’s Chronicle of Higher Education, a short article commented on a new survey that examined the relationship between colleges and universities and their surrounding towns. The results were presented at the annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and top honors went to the University of Pennsylvania and the University of [...]
Read full post...I recently wrote about Playboy Magazine’s rankings of the top 25 party schools in America.
Today, Inside Higher Ed carries a very thoughtful piece about party school rankings, including those published by the Princeton Review.
The fact is that these rankings are sometimes manipulated by students on campuses. For example, there is some indication that Penn [...]
Kids love ‘em. Parents hate ‘em. Playboy ranks ‘em.
If you want to read an article from Playboy Magazine, check out its rankings of party schools. (Really…it’s only an article…I swear).
Here’s the full list:
1. University of Miami
2. University of Texas-Austin
3. San Diego State University
4. University of Florida
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Doug Lederer and the folks at Inside Higher Ed bring us a story today of Clemson University and how it manipulates data to help move itself up in the US News & World Report annual rankings.
These ranking bug me. As an educational consultant, I am constantly having to explain that these rankings are at best [...]
I’ve written elsewhere (see below) that student-to-faculty ratios are misleading statistics, and that they really don’t tell you much about the quality of teaching going on at an American college or university.
It turns out that the American Federation of Teachers agrees with me.
In a report entitled, “American Academic: The State of the Higher Education Workforce, [...]
What’s the Number One Party School? Most likely, it’s whatever college or university your student attends.
Sometimes my clients (or rather, the parents of my clients) beseech me to find a school for their student that is not a “party school.” However, with few exceptions, nearly every school is a party school. Young people between the [...]
Theresa, a dear friend whom I haven’t seen in ages, called me the other day. We talked for a long time. Her son is a sophomore in high school. As his doting mother, Theresa is in a lather about his prospects for college admission.
As we hadn’t spoken in quite a while, Theresa asked me about [...]
Bloomberg reports that some selective colleges have seen a decline in applications this year, as more and more students and parents fret about the freakish economy.
The article focuses on Williams College’s 20% drop in applications. Swarthmore dropped by 10%, while Middlebury dropped by 12%.
Other colleges have seen declines, but more around 1 or 2 [...]
I’ve been enjoying getting to know the Daily Beast. Kathleen Kingsbury writes quite a bit about college admissions.
A recent article highlighted some colleges and universities that are somewhat under the radar screen as far as US News & World Report is concerned, but that are offering innovative programs suited to a variety of students…often at [...]