Onlinedegrees.org posts an article with good timely advice about submitting a college essay using modern technologies such as video, social media, blogs, crowdsourcing, and mobile devices. Most of the advice is practical: be genuine, keep it professional, and use proper grammar – not text lingo. [read more]
Todd Weaver posts an article on the blog College Search Game Plan discussing the benefits of taking a gap year between high school and college. [read more]
Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic writes an informative statistical article discussing the state of the job market for the college graduate vs. the high school graduate. [read more]
Jordan Weissman of The Atlantic posts an article providing insight about the high sticker price attached to many private colleges and universities. [read more]
Leobardo Espinoza Jr., a student at Topeka High School in Kansas, blogs regularly about his college search and application journey for The Choice – a NY Times publication. In this entry he paints a picture of his life next year as a college student. [read more]
Lynn O’Shaughnessy of MoneyWatch CBS, posts some very valuable advice regarding the financial aid letter. Remember that decisions must be made by May 1 for students planning to attend most colleges and universities. [read more]
Meghan Florian of The Chronicle of Higher Education, posts an op-ed article subtitled Notes From an Employed Philosopher in which she defends the value of the study of knowledge and thought. She further argues that to restrict students from studying the liberal arts in public colleges is a form of segregation that, once again, strongly favors the wealthy and powerful. [read more]
“Left Out, Left Behind: California’s Widening Workforce Training Gap,” illustrates the problem of the glut in vocational training including the multi-billion dollar economic impact. [read more]
Sign up for free alerts from Disability Compliance for Higher Education. One recently published speaks to the importance of self-advocacy. [read more]
Edward Fiske, of College Countdown and author of Fiske Guide to Colleges, ranks the all-time best college pranks – fun read. [read more]