
Community Service & College Applications
A hilarious front page article in this week’s The Onion leads with this headline: Closing of Homeless Shelter Leaves College-Application Padding Students with Nowhere to Turn Doors Shut on Much-Needed

A hilarious front page article in this week’s The Onion leads with this headline: Closing of Homeless Shelter Leaves College-Application Padding Students with Nowhere to Turn Doors Shut on Much-Needed

Sometimes people write with personal questions, seeking advice for their particular situation. I received one today from a student at a community college who had a couple of failing grades.

Colleges cite their student-to-faculty ratios and average class size as indicators of the intimacy and quality of the educational experience they offer to students. Rankings systems, such as those employed

Student-to-faculty ratio is generally considered to be an indicator of the quality of the educational experience at a college. The lower the ratio, the more personal and intimate the experience

The other day I received this question from a client: Hi, Mark. I’ve been reading college profiles, and nearly all of them cite student-to-faculty ratios, all of which fall in

Today I spent another fun-filled day at the Colorado Crossroads volleyball tournament in Denver, where nearly 10,000 volleyball players are participating in this national qualifier event. Parents were steadily coming

I attended a session at the conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association last week that debunked the five myths of athletic recruiting. Myth #1: “If I’m being recruited, I

I spent a few hours last week on the campus of the California Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Caltech), and was pleasantly surprised by the attractive campus, and our tour guides–both

Today I spent a few hours on the campus of Chapman University in Orange, California. The first pleasant surprise was the drive into town. The old town of Orange is