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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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12 Ways to Find and Research Colleges

on August 21, 2012 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

How do you locate good colleges and universities? I get that question a lot. Today I want to share some online resources to find and research schools. In no particular order, here are resources to check out: 1. Do-It-Yourself College Rankings. Do-It-Yourself College Rankings is the creation of Michelle Kretzschmar, the mother of a college [...]

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Do-It-Yourself College Rankings

on May 29, 2012 in College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

It’s not often that I stumble across a college blog that I can get really excited about. Today I am happy to share a great resource that stands out from the crowd. I urge everyone to check out DIYCollegeRankings. DIYCollegeRankings (the DIY stands for Do It Yourself), which was created by Michelle Kretzschmar, a former [...]

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10 Ways to Pick a College

on April 10, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been getting questions from parents who are agonizing about where their teenagers should attend college. It’s a tough decision and time is running out to pick the winners. The national deposit day for freshman is May 1. Here are some of choices facing a family that contacted me [...]

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8 Ways to Build A College List

on February 15, 2012 in Evaluating Schools, Research

During the last two days on my college blog, I’ve shared ways to generate schools for your college list. Here they are if you missed them: Finding Hidden Gems for Your College List Getting Ideas For a College List Today I’m sharing 8 more ways to search for schools. 1. Use the federal college search [...]

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What Colleges Offer the Right Majors?

on November 16, 2011 in Academic majors, Academics, Careers

How can you find schools that offer the college degree that you want? That was the question that I got from a mother whose daughter hopes to become a registered nurse. The mom asked me  how her daughter could find a list of colleges and universities that offer nursing degrees. (Nursing, by the way, is [...]

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