Tagged: "Harvard"
Early Admissions is Here to Stay Despite Critics
A few years ago, some commentators thought early admissions programs might fade away. But colleges love these programs too much to let them end.
Ivy League Hype
Feel pressured to apply to an Ivy League school? Reality is that an Ivy League education may not be for everyone.
Even Harvard Has Faced Budget Cuts
No more free hot breakfast? The dance team sharing space with Harvard Taekwondo? Recently, the NY Times reported on the budget adjustments being made at Harvard. Administrators made some difficult decisions last spring, but after some controversy, students are now being included in the conversation. Just goes to show that even the world’s richest university [...]
The Stress of College Admissions Means We Spend More Time With Our Kids. Good?
The Economix blog at the New York Times reports on a report (can you do that?) that concludes that the reason more and more college educated parents are spending so much time with their kids (when it would seem that it would be more rational for them to use their educations to make more money) [...]
Is An Expensive Private College Education Worth the Money? There's No Telling!
An opinion piece by John F. Wasik published yesterday at Bloomberg.com argues that the high tuition cost of Harvard and other high-priced colleges isn’t worth the money. Clearly, an elite, private education is a lot of money. But the argument that it’s a waste of money is impossible to refute. It’s equally futile to argue [...]
Top Colleges See Little Fall in Freshman Commitments
Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times reports today that Top Colleges See Little Fall in Freshman Commitments. Unsurprisingly, students offered admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Pomona are accepting those offers at more or less the same rates as in years past. All of these schools have increased their financial aid budgets this year [...]
Keeping Perspective on Selective College Admissions
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 [...]
Applications to Harvard pass the 29,000 mark
The Yale Daily News reports that over 26,000 high school seniors applied for admission to Yale. Applications to Harvard have passed the 29,000 mark. So once again, each will accept less than 10% of their applicants. Harvard will probably accept between 7 and 8%. Not great odds. And yet, the odds have never been that [...]
All Colleges Are Feeling Financial Squeeze…Even the Richest
According to an article in today’s New York Times, Harvard announced that its endowment has lost 22%, and may lose up to 30% by the end of its fical year in June. Harvard depends on its endowment income for 35% of its operating budget. So it is undeniable that the financial squeeze will affect every [...]
More College Rankings: Best Global Universities
The Times Higher Education in the UK recently released its rankings of the top 200 universities in the world. Seven out of the top 10 are American universities. Can you guess which ones are near the top of the list? I did my undergraduate work at number 54, earned my doctorate at number 157, was [...]
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