A recent article in the New York Times reports that many community colleges are morphing into four-year institutions offering Bachelor’s degrees. Part of this is about money. Part is about
Sometimes campus tour guides go above and beyond. While on the University of Alabama campus recently, I was treated to a private tour by a polite, knowledgeable, and good humored
As an update to yesterday’s article in the New York Times about enrollment and yield trends this year at the most selective colleges, Scott Jaschick of Inside Higher Ed points
The Wall Street Journal came up with a neat trick: asking college presidents to write essays from the application to their own college. Tough assignment!. The results were reported the
Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times reports today that Top Colleges See Little Fall in Freshman Commitments. Unsurprisingly, students offered admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Pomona are accepting
When I visit college and university campuses, I try to search for a few distinguishing features that will help me remember what makes this particular institution stand out from its
Last week I was able to visit Menlo College in Atherton, California. I was part of a tour organized by the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Our tour began with a
I visited the University of San Francisco last week. It was a beautiful, sunny day, but the wind was brisk. Despite the chill in late April, I was able to
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
