I find that some parents are stuck on reputation and prestige when they walk into my office and start talking about colleges. I try to remind them that they are
This past summer I had the opportunity to visit Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew of its strong reputation of helping kids
The Chronicle of Higher Education is carrying an interesting piece about admissions officers on the road, beating the bushes for applicants. Something tells me that this sort of old-fashioned–and very
A recent op-ed piece in the Providence Journal by Donald V. DeRosa, the president of the University of the Pacific, makes the case that even in tough financial times, students
According to an article in today’s New York Times, Harvard announced that its endowment has lost 22%, and may lose up to 30% by the end of its fical year
The New York Times ran a piece today about the rise of club sports at colleges across the country. These are very professionally run organizations, but are not funded and
The Denver NBC affiliate picked up my post offering Ten College Planning Tips for Tough Economic Times. A segment on college planning and financial aid aired this morning on 9
AP courses are among the most rigorous offered in American public high schools. But how good are they? Lots of kids take them–and fail the exams. So how good are…
When it comes to the Advanced Placement or AP program offered by the College Board, parents and students have all sorts of questions. Are Advanced Placement courses good for college
