No One Trained Us for This
For those of you who sent your first child off to college a few weeks ago, I want you to know that the pain in your chest (and I mean aching pain), the tendency to break out in tears whenever you walk past your child’s bedroom, and the realization that a major event has happened […]
Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at Some Elite Colleges
By Richard Perez-Pena on July 30, 2013 in The New York Times With affirmative action under attack and economic mobility feared to be stagnating, top colleges profess a growing commitment to recruiting poor students. But a comparison of low-income enrollment shows wide disparities among the most competitive private colleges. A student at Vassar, for example, is […]
Sallie Mae says post-recession, parents paying less for college
By Ricardo Lopez on July 23, 2013 in the Los Angeles Times It’s no secret the recession wiped away many Americans’ wealth and savings while altering spending habits. That has changed how many families are paying for college. A survey released Tuesday by Sallie Mae found that parents are now contributing less of their income […]
Who Do You Turn Into in the Fall?
As August approaches, many of us become Dogs, Jackets, Vols, and even Horned Toads (TCU). Recently I wondered who invented the idea of the college mascot in the first place. After doing some research on the topic, I learned the answer. “According to Ruth Alexander, Professor at the University of Florida, the history of the […]
SACAC Spring Conference
This past April I had the opportunity to attend the SACAC conference in Memphis, Tennessee. I had never stayed at the Peabody Hotel, so it was a wonderful experience for me. If you have never spent any time in Memphis, you need to do it. The Peabody is a magnificent hotel with some of the […]
Lynn University – Transitions 2013
Transitions 2013: High school to Higher Education Options for Students with Learning Differences On Feb 1, 2013, I had the opportunity to attend the fourth annual Transitions Conference at Lynn University. If my readers get one important message from this blog, it is to run to the website of Dr. Robert Brooks, a psychology professor […]