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 [...]
HBCU to Abandon Open Admissions
Texas Southern University, an HBCU that has struggled with deferred maintenance issues, extremely high student attrition, and a former President who apparently misused funds, has a new President and appears to be heading in a somewhat new direction. TSU, long an open admissions institution, will now institute standards which will make it a (minimally) selective [...]
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 [...]
Oklahoma…Not OK
Not to be outdone by the morons in the Utah and Arizona legislatures, State Representative Jason Murphey has introduced a bill which would make it legal for some folks to carry guns on Oklahoma’s college and university campuses. And, the Oklahoma House of Representatives has approved the bill by a vote of nearly 2 to [...]
Can For- Profit Colleges be Trusted?
Can for-profit colleges be trusted? Do they care about quality education or is profit their only concern? Are schools and colleges which are publicly held under so much pressure to drive up earnings and stock prices that they are willing to admit any prospective students who apply for admission? Three past employees of Kaplan College [...]
Is the Answer to Campus Violence More Guns?
I don’t claim to have the answer to campus violence, but I do know one thing. It is an important enough issue to merit the attention of our best minds. Instead, folks like Arizona Senator Karen Johnson are stepping forward with their proposed solutions. Johnson is not one of our best minds. Don’t expect to [...]
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 [...]