Colleges should shoot for balance in academics and athletics
April 16th, 2011by Jane S. Shropshire
Lexington, KY – Across Kentucky, people were excited and proud to see our hometown team in the Final Four. It’s no stretch to say that in the absence of professional sports teams, our region has elevated the Cats to pro status; we watch their every move and cheer their successes. Has the state of NCAA Division I athletics, which has commercialized college sports to such an extreme, led us to this? Are the Cats, like their peer teams across Division I, a college team or not?
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Unigo Expert Network: How Important Are College Rankings?
April 5th, 2011This week’s question for the network from Jamie in Madison, WI asks:
“How important are college rankings when choosing a college?”
The Unigo Expert Network is a group of top education experts from across the US answering questions submitted by students and parents about college admissions and succeeding after high school.
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Ivy League role model
April 4th, 2011by Jane S. Shropshire
Lexington, KY – The University of Pennsylvania is a private institution widely considered to be among our nation’s strongest. Yet for years, it lagged Ivy League peers in rankings and in attracting top student and faculty talent. Why? Many pointed to the bleak, crime-ridden neighborhoods surrounding Penn’s campus. Faculty, for the most part, fled to homes in the suburbs at day’s end, and students who wanted to shop, see movies or enjoy any of the city’s amenities were transported to Center City by van or bus.
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From high chairs to Harvard
March 3rd, 2011Lexington, KY – When I sat on college admission committees, I occasionally took calls from parents of young children wondering what they should be doing to pave the path to admission 15 years down the road. The first time I heard the question, I confess I laughed, but soon I realized that these were serious, well-intentioned individuals who simply wanted to give their children every educational option possible. However, along with their good intentions, their anxiety level was unnecessarily high.
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