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What is a Small College?

What is a Small College?

on May 10, 2011 in Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges

What Is a small college? In recent posts, 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: What’s a Medium-Sized University? What is [...]

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Research Universities: What You Need to Ask

on July 26, 2010 in California universities, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

In my last blog post I complained that too many high school students pick schools based primarily on size. And most of these students only want to look at schools that are large. Here is where I vented: My Pet Peeve: Picking Colleges by Size What’s more important, I argued, is a school’s mission. Today, [...]

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Why State Flagship Universities Are Rejecting More Students

on November 2, 2009 in California universities, College Costs, Universities

Will some of the nation’s top flagship universities turn private? This question isn’t as wacky as it sounds. Some flagships, including the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia, have explored the idea of becoming private universities. Sure it would be shocking if state universities ditched their public mandates to serve as educational beacons [...]

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What's Up With Washington University?

on September 3, 2009 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Other, Universities

I got an email this morning from a women who had become frustrated after reading my blog post about the usefulness about the Common Data Set. As an example, I mentioned Washington University’s Common Data Set in the post and she tried tracking it down on the Internet. She couldn’t find it and neither could [...]

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