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10 Questions to Ask a School about Career Services and Jobs

on November 19, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Campus life, Careers, College Life

Parents and teenagers are understandably interested in colleges and universities that prepare students for eventual jobs. What schools, they wonder, will give their grads an advantage in the job world? It’s a tough question to answer because the statistics that schools share about their graduates’ success in finding jobs are often wrong. To learn more [...]

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6 Great Ways to Pick College Classes

on August 24, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics

I wrote the following post last August, but with college students heading back to school, I decided it was worthwhile to run it again. LO Before my son Ben left to start his sophomore year at Beloit College, we talked about the advice in a chapter of The Thinking Student’s Guide to College: 75 Tips [...]

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Researching College Majors

on July 23, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Evaluating Schools, Other, Research

Today I’m sharing a wonderferul resource for students, who want to learn more about college majors and their career paths – College Majors 101. I’d urge everybody to spend some time on this website, which is stuffed with valuable information about college majors as diverse as biology, video game design, dance and biomedical engineering.  . [...]

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The Advantage of Not Declaring a Major

on June 11, 2012 in Academic majors, Academics, Careers

I once bumped into a father I know whose daughter had attended the same middle school as my son. I asked him where his daughter was attending college and he told me that she was enrolled at a community college. I was surprised because Rachel is a very bright girl. The dad explained, however, that [...]

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The Colleges Where PhD’s Get Their Start

on January 26, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research

What schools produce the most undergraduates who end up heading off to graduate school? The subject came up yesterday because a friend of mine was telling me about a brilliant teenager who wants to eventually get a PhD in physics. The student lives in California, but the mom wants him to apply to schools in [...]

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My Most Popular College Blog Posts of 2011

on January 2, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, College Costs, Liberal Arts Colleges, Money, Student Loans, Universities

I want to give a big thanks to all of my regular visitors — and the new folks too — who helped to make 2011 the best year ever for The College Solution! I know 2011 was my best year because I use Google Analytics to keep track of how many people visit my college [...]

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