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‘Tis the season. High school graduation. It’s a wonderful time of the year. But it’s also a time of year when high school seniors–and maybe a few juniors–are waking up
June 4, 2009
‘Tis the season. High school graduation. It’s a wonderful time of the year. But it’s also a time of year when high school seniors–and maybe a few juniors–are waking up
Doug Lederer and the folks at Inside Higher Ed bring us a story today of Clemson University and how it manipulates data to help move itself up in the US
You must read this article by Neil Swidley in the Boston Globe. Mr. Swidley pulls together some great information that shatters the myth of the four year college degree. Fact:
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
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
Sallie Mae, the largest private lender in the student loan market, will no longer defer interest until graduation. Starting today, all new student loans require payments while in school. Payments
As I traveled around the Deep South last week visiting colleges, I was happy to feel some of my old stereotypes melt away. To be sure, southern colleges reflect their
An article in the Tufts Daily indicates that the university has accepted quite a few more students from its Early Decision pool than last year: 12% more. It could be,