Does your child have shot at a college athletic scholarship? Having a daughter who plays varsity soccer in college, I know that parents secretly dream of the day that a Division I coach will call their house. A teenage jock faces a 2% chance of getting a Division I or Division II athletic scholarship. That [...]
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Going to College on an Athletic Scholarship
My biggest regret after finishing my book, The College Solution, was that I didn’t include a chapter about athletic scholarships. With the book’s deadline looming, I decided to skip writing about college sports scholarships. When my book goes into a second printing, I’ll be sure to add one. I was reminded about my omission today [...]
College Twitter
Do you Twitter? I don’t, but I’ve been getting pressure from people to start tweeting about college. I’m still on the fence on that one, but I have started reading up on Twittering. I ran across a fascinating story this week about Twittering in the higher-ed world. A Twitterer (Is that a word?) at The [...]
March Madness & University Graduation Rates
During March Madness, I’ve been rooting for my alma mater – the University of Missouri. I’ll be thrilled if Missouri wins its first national championship, but that wouldn’t keep me from feeling sorry for the school’s basketball players. Only 25% of Mizzou’s basketball players ultimately graduate. And that pathetic number is hardly a fluke. The [...]
Where Young College Graduates Live
When you’re in the thick of the college admission process, it sometimes feels that every teenager in America is applying to the same schools as your child. The reality is actually starkly different. The vast majority of Americans never earn a college degree. The Lumina Foundation, which is one of the white knights in the [...]
Roughing It in College
Ludwig Maximilian University To cope with scary economic times are American colleges and universities going to deep six some of their amenities? This was the question that I explored in yesterday’s blog. It’s unlikely, however, that American college students will ever experience the bare-bones, higher-ed experiences that’s prevalent Europe. With the notable exception of Great [...]
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