The summer before 12th grade is a high school student’s “last” opportunity to do something to impress college admission officers before those college applications are due. Why is this important? The student’s own high school resume can speak volumes louder than his/her college application. And when the summer before applying to college is a total [...]
Big News on Legal Education
Northwestern University has become the third law school in the United States (after Southwestern and the University of Dayton) to offer a two-year law school degree. Although there was a fair amount of buzz, much of it critical, when Southwestern and Dayton adopted the two-year option, Northwestern’s high profile…it is generally considered a top ten [...]
Double Depositing; How low will you go?
OK, making a final college selection can be tough. I’ll grant you that. And, sometimes people will postpone difficult decisions…it’s classical avoidance behavior. So, what can you do if you are faced with the decision of choosing between two or more colleges you really like? The simple answer is, be the responsible adult you claim [...]
College Still Admitting Students
If, for any reason, you are still looking for a college or university in which to enroll in the fall, you probably have more options than you think. Beginning on May 6th, you can go to the National Association of College Admissions Counselors website and find a list of colleges and universities with fall openings [...]
New Page Lists & Links to Historically Black Colleges
The Colleges, Scholarships, and Online Degrees website has just added a page which lists and links to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Anybody want to guess which state has the most HBCU’s? It’s North Carolina, with 11. Want to know which 3 states are tied for 2nd place with 8 HBCU’s? Visit the new page [...]
New Page Lists & Links to Historically Black Colleges
The Colleges, Scholarships, and Online Degrees website has just added a page which lists and links to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Anybody want to guess which state has the most HBCU’s? It’s North Carolina, with 11. Want to know which 3 states are tied for 2nd place with 8 HBCU’s? Visit the new page [...]
Shakeup in For-Profit Education?
The most recent Sunday edition of The New York Times carried an interesting article written by Gretchen Morgenson entitled “The Insiders Are Selling, But Why”, about the fact that 13 Apollo Group insiders have recently sold 1.6 million shares of stock. In addition, the Apollo Group, which owns the University of Phoenix, did no share [...]
Recent Ethics Issue in Higher Education & More
The Latest Ethics Issue in Higher Education We live in an interesting time, in an interesting country. Nobody seems to care enough about controlling the access and influence of large political donors and lobbyists to pass meaningful legislation. Everyone yawns when Dick Cheney, who made a fortune in the energy industry, brought his former colleagues [...]
Recent Ethics Issue in Higher Education & More
The Latest Ethics Issue in Higher Education We live in an interesting time, in an interesting country. Nobody seems to care enough about controlling the access and influence of large political donors and lobbyists to pass meaningful legislation. Everyone yawns when Dick Cheney, who made a fortune in the energy industry, brought his former colleagues [...]