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Some Selective Colleges Experience Decline in Applications

March 20, 2009

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

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The Benefits (and Risks) of a GAP Year In Tough Economic Times

March 17, 2009

The New York Times carried an article yesterday, entitled Delaying College for a Year Could Have Benefits, which lays out a few creative reasons for

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Colleges and Universities React to the Economic Crisis: Gnash Teeth, Wring Hands…and Repeat

March 10, 2009

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

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Financial Aid and College Planning in Tough Economic Times

March 9, 2009

Here I am being interviewed by 9News KUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver, about how to think about college selection and financial aid in tough

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Spitzer Sparks Debate on How to Pay for College

March 5, 2009

Eliot Spitzer has not completely disappeared in disgrace. He still has the mentality of Don Quixote or the Lone Ranger, riding out to right all

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Taking Out a Student Loan? Listen To This First!

March 4, 2009

OnPoint, a radio production of WBUR and NPR, ran a story this past week  called The Dark Side of Student Loans. The featured guest is

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Applications to Public Colleges Surge, While Private Colleges Freeze Tuition

March 2, 2009

The New York Times has an article today about the surge in applications from bargain hunting applicants. Also today, Inside Higher Ed has posted an

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Choose the Right College Before Tackling the Financial Aid Form

February 28, 2009

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

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Families Appeal to Colleges for Extra Aid – WSJ.com

February 5, 2009

I received a call from a client this morning who gave me the good news that her son was accepted to his top choice university

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ABC News: Some Debt-Laden Gradutes Wonder Why They Bothered With College

January 17, 2009

An interesting piece on 20/20 this evening about college graduates with buyer’s remorse.   You can have a look at the segment here:   ABC News:

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Colleges Worry About Declining Enrollments, But You Should Sense Opportunity Amid the Turmoil

December 23, 2008

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

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All Colleges Are Feeling Financial Squeeze…Even the Richest

December 3, 2008

According to an article in today’s New York Times, Harvard announced that its endowment has lost 22%, and may lose up to 30% by the

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