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
Bloomberg reports that some selective colleges have seen a decline in applications this year, as more and more students and parents fret about the freakish
In a pair of pieces appearing this past weekend in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, two journalists illustrate that this admissions
During a recent trip to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China, I met with hundreds of students and their parents to explain the American higher education
An article the other day in the New York Times highlights the pain of applying for financial aid. Entitled “The Big Test Before College,” the
Kathleen Kingsbury of the Daily Beast recently posted another article highlighting the craziness of the world of school admission. This time she takes aim at
As an amateur actor and singer myself, I enjoy working with students who seek a college where they can further their interests in the performing
One of my favorite higher education bloggers, Mary Beth Marklein at USA Today, blogged yesterday about a new report that indicated that Many who get
Every once in a while I receive a question from someone for which there is no immediate answer. Today I received a message from a
Today I’m on the campus of Tulane University, and I visited Loyola University New Orleans yesterday. Both these universities were in the local news because
