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The Nation’s Tuition Hogs

on February 1, 2013 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

Colleges are beginning to realize that high tuition/high discount (scholarship) model is failing. Escalating tuition is leaving more students unable to cover college costs even as colleges continue to offer scholarships to offset costs. In my last post, I mentioned the latest drive by private colleges to rein in merit money, but, as one of [...]

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Getting A College Education for Free – Really!

on January 30, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, Liberal Arts Colleges, Scholarships

I wrote a post for my CBS MoneyWatch college blog on Friday that blew out Antioch College’s server. How did I do that? Actually, it wasn’t me. I was just the messenger for the liberal arts college that had a dramatic announcement to make. For the next three years, Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, [...]

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How Hard Is It To Get Into College?

on November 21, 2011 in Academic quality, Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

Do you assume that most teenagers face lousy odds of getting accepted into a good college? Lots of families believe that the admission process is stacked heavily against applicants, but this isn’t true. I largely blame the media’s obsessive coverage of the most elite universities for that misconception. A new report from the College Board, [...]

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Fighting Back Against Rising College Costs

on October 31, 2010 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Money

College costs continue to rise (surprise, surprise), according to the latest statistics released by the College Board. The news is depressing, but not as awful as you might assume. As I’ve discussed in previous college blog posts, roughly two-thirds of college students receive scholarships or other price breaks so the sticker prices are meaningless. 2010-2011 [...]

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University of California: Bold Reform Missing So Far

on March 24, 2010 in Academic quality, California universities, Universities

Can the players in the University of California financial crisis agree on the sort of bold reforms needed to save it from its fiscal crisis? So far it doesn’t look like it. The University of California’s Commission on the Future released its first recommendations yesterday and one of the ex-officio commission members called them “admittedly [...]

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Why Students at State Flagships Are Richer Than Most

on January 14, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, California universities, Money, Universities

Close to one out of every three students who attend a state flagship university is affluent. Specifically, 30% of students at flagship universities have parents with incomes in the top 20% of all American households. This is just one of the findings of a new study released this week by The Education Trust, which is [...]

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