One thing you can do for your students is to Counsel them on the risk of using credit when they get to College. There are many cases of students maxing out their credit cards within 6 months of getting to College because credit is easy to obtain and students haven’t been educated properly on the Read More
People awarded doctoral degrees at American universities last year continued to face less-certain futures than those who earned such degrees before the economy took a nosedive in late 2008, according to new federal survey data. The survey of 2015 doctorate recipients found that 38 percent of those responding to a question about their future plans Read More
High School Counselors do not need to cut essays for students so they fit the word limits. But they can give them these tips to do it themselves. Word to the wise kids: Follow the directions. If colleges say no more than 100 words, don’t give them 120. Here is some advice from our friends Read More
Hechinger Report recently published some good tips for families to use when their children are filling out the Common App. There are all tips that should be useful to you that you can share with your students: Start early. Beginning this year, your students can create their application in their junior year and roll it Read More
Personality, not raw intelligence, is a better judge of lifetime success, new research shows. Colleges and employers interested in predicting the success of applicants would do better to look at a student’s grades, which measure personality traits, like grit and attention to detail, more effectively than IQ and SAT tests, according to a recent study Read More
A new book authored by Janice M. McCabe explores how the friends that are made in college can influence Academic and Social Success. Surveying a range of different kinds of college friendships, Connecting in College details the fascinatingly complex ways students’ social and academic lives intertwine and how students attempt to balance the two in Read More
The organization, Excelencia in Education, which uses evidence-based research on educational practices to influence policy recently published some practices that have helped Latino Students succeed in going to College and excelling while there. They have identified strategies that serve other students who do not fit the traditional profile of college students. They may be students Read More
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a data chart for more than 3,000 Colleges & Universities which includes: Institutions Name State Room & Board In-State Tuition In-State Total Out-of-State Tuition Out-of-State Total The data is for the current year but they actually have historical data that you can access for your students going back Read More
A college education is one of the most important investments an individual can make in his or her future. Decisions about whether to pursue a degree, which type, and at which institution can have lasting impacts on students’ lives. Unfortunately, too many students and families struggle to find clear, reliable information on the prospective colleges Read More
The 21st century is the age of unprecedented growth, discovery and advancements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Consider this as proof: In the last year alone, we confirmed water exists on Mars, we created the first laboratory-grown muscle and we tested drone-delivered burritos. The future of STEM is bright Read More
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