
Party Schools: Choose by Alcohol Policy
What’s the Number One Party School? Most likely, it’s whatever college or university your student attends. Sometimes my clients (or rather, the parents of my clients) ask me to find

What’s the Number One Party School? Most likely, it’s whatever college or university your student attends. Sometimes my clients (or rather, the parents of my clients) ask me to find

Today I spent a couple of hours at Stanford University. It was my first visit to the campus, and I was part of an organized tour for college counselors. We

The New York Times has had a slew of interesting articles about college admissions lately. This one, about the odds of being accepted as a transfer student to some of

I spend about 20% of my time touring around the country getting acquainted with colleges. Millsaps College had been on my list for quite some time, in part because Loren

I recently attended a GAP year fair to learn more about the growing number of excellent programs for students who want to take a year out between high school and

I recently toured several colleges in New England, including Amherst and Hampshire Colleges in Massachusetts, and Bennington and Marlboro Colleges in Vermont. These visits brought home the fact that students

I spent some time on the campus of Bennington College in Vermont, where the curriculum is very different from most other colleges. Bennington requires students to create educational “plans” that

I recently spent a gorgeous spring afternoon on the campus of Bennington College in southern Vermont. The campus is a lovely mixture of colonial architecture and internationalist modern styles, and

I recently visited Marlboro College in southern Vermont. Many colleges claim to be unique. Marlboro merits the label. With only 320 students, Marlboro attracts students who want to take charge