The Chicago Tribune ran a story on Monday about the lengths to which some parents will go to get their darlings into college. The whole process of selecting and applying to college is certainly stresseful. And there is no doubt that the competition is fierce.
It’s also true that in some school communities, the competition is [...]
Read full post...The Chronicle of Higher Education reports this week (subscription required) that the state of Connecticut has joined New York in its investigation of administrative and financial shenanigans in the way colleges offer study abroad programs.
As I have written on numerous occasions (here, there, and here again), the study abroad “industry” has become a very lucrative [...]
A colleague recently asked a question about using LinkedIn as a way to make connections that will somehow raise kids’ changes of getting into college. I found the question thought provoking, so I took the time to craft a response.
Here’s the original question: Is it both poor judgment and unethical to request inside connections [...]