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For years I thought the secret to making good post-high school plans was to get the student focused early. Slowly but surely helping them hone skills, become more responsible and exposing them to good learning experiences seemed to be the key...

“Commercial college rankings like U.S. News and World Report have an unhealthy grip on the culture of college admission in this country and around the world. Unfortunately, these subjective and flawed lists not only dictate policy and practice at...

As we near the end of application season every year the thought comes to mind, “now I have seen it all.” Every year my seniors prove me wrong. Once we agreed on the final list of colleges for this student; as a courtesy, I added to the list all...

No one is surprised anymore to hear that colleges need to change a lot of things about the way they do business. Brandon Busteed is a specialist on this very topic and has hit upon a change that few people might have considered to be high on the...

The thing about colleges that few people seem to grasp is that they are businesses. They may be non-profit but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have employees, utilities, benefits and hundreds of other bills to pay. That means that they must...