A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows that those that have no more than a High School diploma are falling way behind college graduates in terms of income and that this is the widest gap on record. College grads, on average, earned 56% more than high school grads in 2015, the most recent Read More
As a Counselor, you often have to help your students compare the costs of Colleges they are considering so they can make an informed decision. Tuition has continued to rise much faster than the cost of inflation (in fact, 3x’s faster than inflation) Fees are actually rising at an even faster rate. I have two Read More
One of our goals is to provide Counselors with information that can help you do your jobs better. Finding available resources that can help you inform your students about options that can help them save money on their college education is a big part of our mission. I recently was made aware of a new Read More
The Hechinger Report is one of my favorite Education Content Sources. They publish a treasure trove of valuable information related to the Education Market. They just published a list of their top 10 stories from 2016. Here are links and a summary of each story: 1: Groundbreaking Mississippi child care investigation: Child care crisis: Read More
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center recently published its Fall 2016 Report on Term Enrollment Rates One statistic that stood out is after year’s of declines the number of students enrolled in Engineering Majors increased by 4% from 2015 to 2016. That’s compared with a drop of more than 3% in students majoring in History Read More
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
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