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Jared Hobson

More "Best" Value Rankings

Kiplinger recently published a list of their Top 100 Best Values in Private Colleges and Universities. While I always caution clients to take the value of rankings lightly, it is

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Jared Hobson

Teaching with Twitter

The Chronicle of Higher Education posted an interesting article on professors using mediums like Twitter and Facebook in the classroom.  Sugato Chakravarty, a professor of consumer sciences and retailing at

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Jared Hobson

Increase in Early Applications

Recently on InsideHigherEd.com, an article reported that early applications are up at several institutions this year. This goes against the conversation started a few years ago where colleges were thought

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Jared Hobson

Beware of the Turkey Drop

The “turkey drop” can be one of two things.  It is often referred to when first-year students return home for Thanksgiving break and break it off with their high school

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Jared Hobson

Coed Dorms = More Drinking?

Last week, a study published in the Journal of American College Health found that students who live in coed residence halls are more likely to drink and have more sexual

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