Baylor University Changes SAT Policy Under Pressure from Peers
October 18, 2008
Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing. I read an article the other day in Inside Higher Ed that Baylor University had implemented a policy
Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing. I read an article the other day in Inside Higher Ed that Baylor University had implemented a policy
Often when I visit a college campus, I sit down with students to discuss their experiences. Such discussions initially unnerve the students (“Who are you,
The other day the New York Times featured an article on the resurgence of the City University of New York (CUNY), with special focus on
When I visited Austin College last fall, I was really impressed by this little gem of a campus north of Dallas, Texas. The students I
Today’s issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education features a commentary by John F. Burness, a former administrator at Duke, Cornell, and the University of
A brief visit to New Mexico Highlands University, in Las Vegas, NM, was actually my second visit to the campus. I walked around the campus
I took a spin around the campus of Northern Arizona University a few days ago. Until this trip, I wasn’t very familiar with the geography
I spent an afternoon recently exploring the Arizona State University Campus in Tempe, Arizona. I found the campus to be surprisingly compact, given the size
The Liberal Arts. A Classical Education. Humanism. If this is what you seek, then seek no further than St. John’s College. I spent a couple
President Richard C. Levin of Yale University has announced that the University will construct two new residential college and “expand its footprint” in New Haven.
An article on the front page of today’s Denver Post is entitled, “College Admissions Miss ‘Risks,’” highlights the problem of up-and-coming colleges unwittingly bring on
Periodically I ask friends, colleagues, and acquaintances about how they chose the college they attended. Each story is unique, and I think they help provide