When you return to school this fall, if you’re planning to go to college, you need to visit your guidance counselor right away! That should be a...
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What about Parent Debt after College?
You are 51. Your son or daughter has just graduated from college. That’s good news, but not if you are stuck with college debt, too. As an example...
Earn Competencies, not Credits, at College?
Traditionally, students go to college to earn credits toward their degrees. Some feel this is equivalent to seat-time learning. These people want...
Should There be a $10,000 College Degree?
In his 2011 State of the State address Gov. Rick Perry challenged his state colleges and universities to provide a college degree for no more than...
A College Degree from Pave?
Anya Kamenetz, the author of Generation Debt, addresses in her book new models for funding both the cost of a college education and the cost of...
College and Job Preparation
Employers are saying colleges are only doing a fair to poor job of preparing good employees. Even at this time of high unemployment, employers are...
Another Resource for College-bound Students and their Parents
Each year the College Board releases information about college-bound students for that year’s high school graduating class. This information includes...
A Few Parent Guidelines for Paying for College
Paying for college is NOT easy these days, and yet…most parents want to help in some way. Here are a few suggestions for parents to prepare for...
College Grads, Brand Yourself
Maybe you are a December college grad. If not, you may be looking ahead to being a spring college grad. Either way you will be looking for work...
Does Class rank Still Count for College Admission?
It was found recently that George Washington University’s data that 78% of the incoming first-year students were in the top 10% of their high school...