In 1915, Southern Methodist University opened its doors with 456 students and 37 faculty members. All classes were held in Dallas Hall. The university has since grown to accommodate 6,480 undergraduates and when combined with the graduate student...
READ MOREMichigan State University is located in East Lansing, three miles east of Michigan’s capitol in Lansing. The 5,300-acre campus was founded in 1855. It served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions established under the Morrill Act of...
READ MOREThe University of Minnesota is located in Minneapolis Minnesota. Minneapolis and St Paul are commonly known as the “Twin Cities” and are separated by the Mississippi River for all but a two and a half mile stretch of land. While UM...
READ MOREHow do we make college work for the student, the communities where they live and the welfare of our country without tearing higher education apart? It can, and has been done. Where we went off the rails is allowing a formal education to get so...
READ MOREEvery year a number of parents usher their bright students into a preliminary meeting with me to explore the possibility of getting help with college planning. Typically, I can gauge the level of student buy-in for the process before a word is...
READ MOREIn his article for The Atlantic, Adam Harris paints an exceedingly gloomy picture of how the future might look for most colleges in the US. The statistics he cited confirm that college enrollment is down 7% in the past five years but admit that...
READ MOREI was over on the East Coast much of last week. No, I wasn’t goofing around – at least not the whole time… Several days were spent touring and learning about Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Typically, when I hear, “College of Art and...
READ MOREWhen I saw the article titled, “Financial Fitness: Shopping around for financial aid to ease college debt”, I thought that it was just another jumble of well-known facts rearranged to complete an assignment given to a novice journalist. Thank...
READ MOREBy the third week in February, even the students who got started late working on their college applications are mostly done with the process. If there is still work to do, it is usually applying for scholarships. This form of financial aid could...
READ MOREThe biggest mistake that people make is not filling out the FAFSA or filling it out late. That makes no sense to me, but we were all raised in different homes… Abigail Hess did an excellent job of communicating the importance of completing the...
READ MOREEveryone knew it was coming. The Echo Boom in the US population was set to peak around the year 2013. After holding steady for a year or two, the number of students graduating from high school would begin a steady decline. That decline is now in...
READ MOREI recently perused a short article written by Elizabeth Levine that dealt with the most common mistakes on the FAFSA that are costly to the applicants. It surprised me to see what was included in the top 10 mistakes. I understand the confusion of...
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