How to Survive the College Admissions Madness
April 15th, 2015Frank Bruni is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. This essay is adapted from his new book, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania.”
MARCH 13, 2015
Here we go again. At Harvard, Emory, Bucknell and other schools around the country, there have been record numbers of applicants yearning for an elite degree. They’ll get word in the next few weeks. Most will be turned down.
Tagged: Admission decision, Applications, College
Helping Teens Find Their Path
April 8th, 2015By SUE SHELLENBARGER
April 7, 2015 9:59 p.m. ET
Q: My 17-year-old nephew doesn’t know what he wants to do in life. His parents are open to his attending college or a trade school, but they’re worried about his lack of focus. Can you recommend career fairs?
A: Counselors at your nephew’s high school should be able to refer him to any career fairs in his area, but attending isn’t likely to help much unless he has goals or questions in mind, says Jane Shropshire, a Lexington, Ky., educational consultant.
Many students his age need more time to find “a path that truly allows them to apply their gifts and talents to a career they’ll love,” Ms. Shropshire says. “At 17, those gifts and talents are still developing.”
Read more at The Wall Street Journal >>Tagged: Career, College, Personal characteristics
Liberal Arts Grads Win Long-Term
January 22nd, 2014Inside Higher Ed article sheds light on outcomes for liberal arts graduates
January 22, 2014
By Allie Grasgreen
Liberal arts majors may start off slower than others when it comes to the postgraduate career path, but they close much of the salary and unemployment gap over time, a new report shows.
By their mid-50s, liberal arts majors with an advanced or undergraduate degree are on average making more money those who studied in professional and pre-professional fields, and are employed at similar rates. But that’s just one part of the paper’s overall argument that concerns about the value of a liberal arts degree “are unfounded and should be put to rest.”
Read more at Inside Higher Ed >>Tagged: Career, Liberal arts
St. Louis’ private high school math doesn’t add up
December 21st, 2013St. Louis Business Journal covers rising private school tuition:
“Private high schools in St. Louis are grappling with a bad economy and a smaller pool of prospective students. Yet all are raising tuition, and most are maintaining enrollment.
Most of this year’s tuition increases are in the 3 and 4 percent range, a lot less than the increases of 6 percent and more that were common before the recession. …
Tagged: High school
