Thanks to a reader, I stumbled upon a new publication today (new to me, anyway). The Daily Beast is running an article entitled, “Dirty Secrets of College Admissions.” The author
The Princeton Review has published its latest list of “best value” colleges. This list sells nice glossy magazines, but provides precious little information to help consumers of higher education (i.e.,
Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed presents an excellent analysis of the College Board’s new policy allowing students to select which of their SAT scores they’d like to submit to
Not so long ago I paid a visit to Harvey Mudd College, one of the five Claremont Colleges in the Los Angeles area. Harvey Mudd was a pleasant surprise. With
FacebookGate. That’s what blogger social media in education guru Brad J. Ward has called the College Prowler scandal, in which the purveyor of college guides was caught impersonating both students
Today’s New York Times includes an article about worried admissions officers across the land, especially at private colleges, who are noticing steep declines in the numbers of applications. Conventional wisdom
The New York Times is running a Q&A with the admissions directors of Pomona, Yale, University of Texas, and Lawrence University. If you want to consult the oracles, this is
About this time of year, some of my clients are pulling their hair out because they have to answer crazy questions on their college applications. Some colleges even ask kids
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
