
Tuition Costs Went Up. What a Surprise!
The annual report from the College Board indicates that the cost of tuition went up last year. On average, costs increased from 5-6%, depending on the type of institution. If

The annual report from the College Board indicates that the cost of tuition went up last year. On average, costs increased from 5-6%, depending on the type of institution. If

Forbes posted an article on October 22, foretelling hard times in the country’s higher education industry. With falling stock markets, declining endowments, and some colleges having loaded up with debt

Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing. I read an article the other day in Inside Higher Ed that Baylor University had implemented a policy to pay admitted students to

Lisa Belkin, a writer and blogger for the New York Times, has a couple of posts on her blog yesterday about the general angst and real effects on families’ decisions

When the going gets rough, the rough go to grad school. Or something like that. The International Herald Tribune ran an article yesterday about the increase in the numbers of

Montgomery Guides Students, Parents Through College Admissions Maze by Rosemary Fetter The Villager Newspaper 9 October 2008, p. 26 Reprinted with permission. For many high school students and

The Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece today written by Anthony W. Marx, the president of Amherst College, in which he eloquently defended independent decision-making by independent colleges. In

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

I spent a beautiful fall day at recently at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, located in Lakewood, Colorado. The occasion was National Portfolio Day. Budding young artists