You may be spending your summer studying for the dreaded standardized tests, but have you ever really considered the difference between the SAT and ACT?
I recently wrote about Playboy Magazine’s rankings of the top 25 party schools in America. Today, Inside Higher Ed carries a very thoughtful piece about
Parents are sometimes having trouble communicating with their kids. Part of the problem is that kids are adopting new social media technologies at a rapid
Is an Ivy League education worth it? Statistically, it might be–depending on what statistics we’re talking about, and how those numbers are used. A study
The Common Application keeps getting easier to use, and more and more features are streamlining the process of transferring documents from schools to colleges and
As we enter the latter half of the summer, and my graduating seniors prepare to depart for college, parents are preparing for that day in
I love ice cream. I love it when people do creative things with ice cream. So I’m loving the latest edition of the Carnival of
One of the most important stops on a campus visit is the dining hall. While I try to remind my clients that education the primary
Yesterday I mentioned that the economic downturn has affected faculty recruitment at many universities, including the University of California system. Thus budget cutbacks are having
The University of California system is taking a beating due to the sagging economy and the state’s budgetary woes (the state really needs a new
