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Is This College Generous?

on March 19, 2013 in Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money, Research, Scholarships

What does the financial aid look like for a school that is generous? In my last post, I illustrated what a stingy university looks like using statistics that you can find on the College Board. If you missed the post, here it is: Is This University Stingy? Today I’m going to use the same tools [...]

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25 Colleges with the Best Professors

on February 26, 2013 in Academic quality, Academics, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Where do the best college professors teach? This is an important question, particularly when you consider that traditional college professors are disappearing. Less than one out of three teachers on college campuses today are tenured or on the tenured track. Most college students today are being taught primarily by graduate students and part-time faculty. (See [...]

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University Honors Colleges: Hidden Gems

on February 20, 2013 in Evaluating Schools, Research, Uncategorized

I received an email the other day from a college professor that reminded me once again that many wonderful schools exist beyond the cramped clique of institutions that hog most of the media’s attention. One place to look for promising academic opportunities can be at honors colleges within state universities. Honors colleges are fairly recent [...]

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The New Federal College Scorecard

on February 13, 2013 in Evaluating Schools, Research, Uncategorized

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama struck a blow for higher-ed transparency. In his address, Obama announced the release of a new College Scorecard that, he said,  “parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational [...]

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Can College Rankings Giant Keep Schools from Cheating?

on February 6, 2013 in Admissions, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

The steady trickle of colleges and universities that have admitted to fudging the figures that they send to U.S. News & World Report could end up changing the college rankings submission rules. In an interview published today in Inside Higher Ed, Brian Kelly, the editor and chief content officer at U.S. News, said that the [...]

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What is the Difference Between Colleges and Universities?

on December 3, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

Today’s post comes courtesy of a new website, LiberalArtsColleges.com, which was created by David Kochanek after he realized that there wasn’t a single online source dedicated to all liberal arts colleges. As some of you know, I’m a huge admirer of liberal arts colleges and both of my children ended up at one.  I believe [...]

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