College Application
Five Ways to Improve Education
Harold Levy, fomer Commissioner of the New York City schools, wrote an op-ed piece last week offering five ways to fix America’s schools. The entire
June 13, 2009
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Low Graduation Rates? Blame Admissions
‘Tis the season. High school graduation. It’s a wonderful time of the year. But it’s also a time of year when high school seniors–and maybe
June 4, 2009
College Application
US News Rankings: Nothing & Everything
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
June 3, 2009
College Fees
Traditional Four-Year Degrees Are Exception
You must read this article by Neil Swidley in the Boston Globe. Mr. Swidley pulls together some great information that shatters the myth of the
June 1, 2009
College Admissions
College Fit: How Does the Shirt Look on Me?
Shopping For Colleges Is Like Shopping For Clothes: You Gotta Try Them On
May 29, 2009
College Application
Adjunct Faculty & Student-to-Faculty Ratios
I recently wrote a post blasting the idea of student-to-faculty ratios as a bogus measure of educational quality. It turns out that universities themselves don’t
May 28, 2009
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Grades, GPA, Education: Compare Apples to Apples?
Today a reader wrote in to ask a question about comparing grading system between two different geometry classes in California. Picture this. Two geometry teachers
May 27, 2009
College Application
Big Mistakes on College Admission Essays
I ran across these hilarious mistakes on college admissions essays submitted to Vassar and Bates colleges. You can find them here at Beliefnet.com. I laughed.
May 21, 2009
College Application
Transferring Colleges, Studying Chinese
During a recent trip to Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, I met a young man from Massachusetts who spoke beautiful Mandarin Chinese. I had lunch with him,
May 15, 2009