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50 Reasons Why You Don’t Need to Attend an Elite College

on August 3, 2012 in California universities, Colleges, Ivy League, Universities

The 2012-2013 college admission season hasn’t even officially started, but I’ve already been hearing from parents who are stressed about paying for elite schools that are on their teenagers’ lists. Some of these parents believe that they have an obligation to incur huge debt if their children get accepted into the most prestigious schools. Here’s [...]

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A College Blog RoundUp: Facebook, College Success and Free Schools

on September 28, 2009 in College readiness

For those of you who have been visiting my college blog for awhile, you know that every weekend I link to college posts that I wrote during the week for CBSMoneyWatch.com. I never got to do that this weekend because while I was in Baltimore covering an education convention my net book broke. Exquisitely bad [...]

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Finding the Best Colleges

on September 15, 2009 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Careers, College readiness, Evaluating Schools, Grades, Liberal Arts Colleges, Other, Universities

What are the best colleges in America? Not so fast with your answer. The best colleges aren’t always the ones that enjoy the biggest, shiniest name brands and monopolize the rankings. So how do you find the colleges and universities that do a fantastic — if unheralded — job of educating students? You’re going to [...]

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The Secrets of Succeeding in College

on September 13, 2009 in Academic majors, College readiness, Grades, Other, Research

The biggest buzz last week in the higher-ed world was the release of a serious tome entitled, Crossing the Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities. The book, which was co-authored by William G. Bowen, a former Princeton president, and two other academics is chock-a-block full of stats and astute observations about why many students [...]

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