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Saying Goodbye to Ben

on August 15, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Campus life, College Life, Liberal Arts Colleges, Other, Parents

Saturday evening I said goodbye to my son Ben, who officially started his four years at Beloit College. I am grateful that the send-off was better than the one that Scott Bierman, the president of Beloit College, experienced years ago when he dropped his second daughter off at Kenyon College. As the drop-off day wore [...]

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What Size is a Small College?

on July 29, 2010 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

This week, I’ve been looking at the size of colleges and explaining why size matters. It drives me nuts that students routinely pick schools by size without understanding the educational ramifications of their choices. Here are my three previous posts on this subject: My Pet Peeve: Picking Colleges By Size Research Universities: What You Need [...]

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My Pet Peeve: Picking Colleges By Size

on July 25, 2010 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, California universities, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Here’s one of my biggest pet peeves about how teenagers look for colleges: When teenagers put together a list of potential colleges, a campus size requirement is often way up at the top of their criteria. I want to go to a big school. I don’t want to go to small school. I’m interested in [...]

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Shaving $98,000 off the Cost of College

on July 6, 2010 in Admissions, Liberal Arts Colleges

For three million students, the angst about getting into college had disappeared. That’s roughly the number of freshmen who will be attending college in the fall. The final grades are in, the college admission decisions are made. Freshmen face the prospects of locating extra-long sheets, discovering the name of their dorm roommate, attending freshmen orientation [...]

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My Son's No. 1 College Choice Is ….

on April 22, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Liberal Arts Colleges

My son has decided where he’s going to college in the fall. After visiting 14 colleges and applying to 8 of them, Ben selected Beloit College. I wrote about why he decided to choose Beloit College on my other college blog over at CBSMoneyWatch. It was a long process, but the final result made all [...]

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What You Don't Know About Liberal Arts Colleges

on March 2, 2010 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Academics, Careers, Evaluating Schools, Other, Universities

Yesterday I wrote this post about liberal arts colleges: Which is Better: A Liberal Arts College or a University? At the time, I promised that I’d summarize a thoughtful op-ed piece that Sanford J. Ungar, the president of Goucher College, wrote for the special liberal arts report that ran in The Chronicle of Higher Education.  [...]

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