Great College Advice

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, my alma mater (and that of my wife, too), did a blog post today about Fletcher couples who are raising international kids.  My family is living in Mexico this year, where my wife is teaching English and my boys are studying in Spanish all day every day.  The [...]

My clients who aspire toward a career in fine art know that they need to prepare a portfolio of their work to present to admissions officers.  These portfolios need to show off their best work, and provide a window into their creative thought processes.

Most students interested in admission to a school of art and design [...]

During my recent visit to the University of Wyoming, I came across two women chattering away in Mandarin Chinese.  While one was Chinese, the other was from Saipan, a small island in the South Pacific that is within the US Commonwealth (like Puerto Rico or Guam). Her name is Jennifer “J.J.” Jang, and she’s a [...]

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 while back I wrote about a study abroad program in Ghana sponsored by the University of Washington. That particular program went horribly wrong.
Today the Chronicle of Higher Education reported (subscription required) that the University of Washington has decided to refund $2500 to each of the participants in compensation for their trials and tribulations.
Just desserts.
Mark [...]

An article in today’s Inside Higher Ed reports that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s investigation into kickbacks and other shady dealings between university officials and providers of study abroad programs is alive and well. Apparently Alfred University, a small liberal arts college in western New York, has received a subpoena from the Attorney General.
Here’s a snippet:
The [...]

An article in today’s Inside Higher Ed announces a new report from NAFSA-Association of International Education that lays down some principles for managing study abroad programs at colleges and universities. The report does not set up best practices, but it does provide guidelines for senior administrators as they develop and expand opportunities for study [...]

As I explained in a previous post, I recently asked a group of friends about their experiences in selecting a college or university.
This is one alumna’s account of how she chose the University of Pennsylvania.
“When applying to college I was pre-med, so I looked for schools that had high acceptance rates of their seniors to [...]

A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the rapid growth in the number of American students applying to British universities, and identifies some of the advantages of studying in Great Britain.

It’s cheaper across the pond: Tuition ranges from about $14,000 to $22,000 per year. Trinity University in Texas costs [...]

With only 950 students, Pitzer College may seem tiny, but its relationships with the other Claremont Colleges allow it to also seem “medium sized.” Originally a women’s school, it went coeducational soon after its establishment, and developed a focus on the social sciences. The curriculum is more free-form than the other Claremonts (e.g., [...]