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
During my recent visit to the University of Wyoming, I met a woman from Suzhou, China, chattering away in Mandarin with a friend. I had learned that there were significant
I just finished reading Jeremy Miller’s article in the September issue of Harper’s. It’s entitled, “Tyranny of the Test: One Year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools.” The
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