Off to College! - Colleges
The big day has arrived! You're all packed up. It's moving day. You're ready to head off to college. Are you ready? Sure you are! Everything you need for the next 3.5 months is boxed, bagged, labeled and stuffed into the back of the car. Don't ... [... more]
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Is Homework the Cod Liver Oil of Education? - Colleges
Is homework the "cod-liver oil" of education? Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing, seems to think so. What does he mean? Kohn writes that the American public has been conditioned to believe that ... [... more]
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Roommates, Dating, Parties, Etc. - Colleges
You've had a lot of "firsts" lately--first move on your own, first time in communal housing, first time in a communal shower (yikes!), etc. You've made it this far. You're unpacked and settled in. Now what? Harlan Cohen, syndicated advice ... [... more]
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Is Early Admission the Right Path for You? - Colleges
The college application season usually begins September 1 of the year prior to the fall session in which a student is seeking admission (i.e. if your student is seeking admission to college for Fall 2010, he/she could, theoretically, submit an ... [... more]
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Planning for College Admission - Colleges
Attention, parents: If you have a high school junior (or a late-blooming senior), it's time to take action! If your student plans on attending college, you have a lot of work to do and very little time to do it. Theoretically, planning for ... [... more]
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Are There Benefits to Dual-Enrollment? - Colleges
Many of the high school students I work with have very busy schedules. They've crammed as many academic and extra-curricular activities as they possibly could into their waking hours and are absolutely floored by the idea of one more activity. ... [... more]
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Letting Go - Colleges
For the last 17 or 18 years, you and your student have been steady companions. The road to this point wasn't always easy; and there were likely times when you thought your relationship with your budding adult was pushed to its absolute limits. ... [... more]
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Fostering Learning - Colleges
The question of the week last week was "What can we do to encourage 'at-risk' students to stay in school and graduate." This is a terrific point of discussion as it indicates schools are accepting their responsibility as historic maintainers of [... more]
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Review of College Navigator - Colleges
One of the neatest things about this site, or so parents tell me, is that they can put in some very specific criteria (say an SAT score or score range) and the system will pull the data on all colleges that have matching criteria that fit. For ... [... more]
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Decreased Funding for Higher Education - Colleges
There's a move afoot to decrease public spending on higher education. Granted, it's probably to be expected given the current economy; and, finding ways to push more public funding to other public goods and services (safety, security, health and ... [... more]
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Educating for Human Greatness - Colleges
In 1983 a National Commission on Excellence in Education issued a "Nation At Risk Report" and set in motion a series of government-imposed reforms, all based on a false goal, student achievement in curriculum. The latest of these reforms, " [... more]
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Credit for Life Experience - Colleges
There is nothing, or at least very little, in this life that is truly free. Everything comes at some cost, some investment (time, money, belief). Unfortunately, there are many educational "providers" out there that would have you believe that [... more]
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