The travel season for admission counselors is well underway. These brave admission professionals travel for weeks on end in the fall, all to visit prospective students and their families. Some
Earlier this month the NY Times published short articles of advice to college freshmen written by professors. I was not surprised how many of them emphasized the importance of learning
I’m glad we have a new GI Bill, one that pledges to pay educational expenses for military personnel. While I dread April 15th and my tax bill as much as
A recent guest post by Alex Berger got some people talking about the importance of choosing a college major. Alex argued that what matters is training your brain and developing
In my post yesterday I advised students and parents not to stress out too much if you don’t get the bed by the window when you move into your new
Good Morning America’s Family and Life Contributor Lee Woodruff offered some advice on how to handle sending your kid off to college last week. Since I have worked on college campuses
What is the importance of choosing a college major? A conversation on Twitter led a young man to share his views on the relative importance of choosing a college major.
Hear about Sewanee – a small liberal arts college in the south
The Economix blog at the New York Times reports on a report (can you do that?) that concludes that the reason more and more college educated parents are spending so
